Volleyball Preview: McKinley Red Dragons vs. Buchtel Griffins
After both having extra time off, the McKinley Red Dragons and the Buchtel Griffins will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
McKinley lost 3-0 to Poland Seminary on Thursday.
While McKinley was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Poland Seminary's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-18, 25-20.
Meanwhile, Buchtel was not able to break out of their rough patch last Tuesday as the team picked up their 17th straight loss dating back to last season. They lost 3-0 to Firestone.
Buchtel was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 25-9, 25-22.
McKinley dropped their record down to 6-16 with the defeat, which was their eighth straight on the road. As for Buchtel, their loss dropped their record down to 0-10.
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