The Charleston Catholic Irish volleyball team (Charleston, WV), was nudged 2-1 in Saturday's non-league challenge with the host Independence Patriots (Coal City, WV)

With the win, Independence upgrades its record to 12-22 on the year. The Patriots travel to Hoover (Clendenin, WV) to play the Huskies in a non-league bout on Saturday, October 8. The Huskies go into the bout with a record of 17-10. Hoover won 2-0 in their recent league bout against Nitro (Nitro, WV)

The Irish now own a 5-8 record. They play next when they travel to Buffalo for a Freelance bout on Tuesday, October 11. Charleston Catholic will play a Bison squad coming off a 2-1 non-league loss to Hoover (Clendenin, WV). The Bison record now stands at 19-5.