Marvin Ridge volleyball beat Weddington 3-1 on Wednesday, Oct. 14, to win the Southern Carolina 6A/7A conference tournament championship.
The title is the Mavericks' second SCC trophy this season. Marvin Ridge completed a 12-0 conference regular season before winning both tournament matches, sweeping Sun Valley 3-0 in the Oct. 13 semifinal and topping the Warriors in the final.
It was the third time the two programs met this fall. Marvin Ridge won the first meeting 3-0 on Sept. 3 at home, then took the Sept. 29 road match 3-1, according to MaxPreps. The Mavericks won all three without dropping more than one set in any match.
The program has not lost a conference match since 2022, according to Marvin Ridge Athletics. Four Mavericks earned All-Conference selections, and the team claimed both the SCC Player of the Year and Coach of the Year awards, Marvin Ridge Athletics said. The names of the individual award winners were not identified in the announcement.
Weddington reached the tournament final after sweeping Cuthbertson in the other semifinal, according to HighSchoolOT. Three Warriors earned All-Conference honors of their own, as we reported Oct. 15.
Marvin Ridge enters the NCHSAA Class 7A state playoffs as the No. 1 seed in the West bracket and earned a first-round bye, according to playoff brackets released Thursday, Oct. 15. First-round play began that day. The Mavericks are 26-3 overall, undefeated at home at 11-0 and riding an eight-match win streak, according to MaxPreps.
Weddington earned the No. 6 seed in the 7A West bracket and also received a first-round bye. Cuthbertson, seeded No. 9, hosts No. 24 Hopewell in the first round.
Second-round matchups for Marvin Ridge and Weddington depend on first-round results from Oct. 15.
