The crowd at Thursday's non-league bout between the Shepherd Pirates (Shepherd, TX) and the visiting Hull-Daisetta Bobcats (Daisetta, TX), saw Shepherd's volleyball squad nip Hull-Daisetta by a tally of 2-1.

With the win, Shepherd upgrades its record to 2-0 on the year. The Pirates travel to Richards (Richards, TX) to play the Panthers in a non-league bout on Saturday, August 20. The Panthers go into the bout with a record of 4-5. Richards won 2-1 in their recent non-league bout against Onalaska (Onalaska, TX)

The Bobcats now own a 7-4 record. They play next when they travel to Centerville for a non-league bout on Saturday, August 20.