Brian Meadows
The North Piedmont 6A/7A Conference volleyball tournament begins today.
Mooresville (17-5) and North Iredell (18-7) are the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds, respectively, and have opening-round byes. The teams finished tied atop the league’s regular-season standings and split their two meetings. Mooresville drew the higher seed by virtue of tiebreakers. The Blue Devils swept No. 3 seed South Iredell, while the Raiders split with the Vikings.
Monday’s action features No. 6 Statesville (2-13) at No. 3 South Iredell (13-10) and No. 5 Lake Norman (5-17) at No. 4 Davie County (10-9).
Semifinals will be played Tuesday at South Iredell. Tickets are $8.
The South Iredell-Statesville winner will face No. 2 North Iredell at 5 p.m. in the semifinals, and the Lake Norman-Davie County winner t