Ogden typically has all the answers at home, but on Saturday Murray proved too difficult a challenge. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Tigers. This was payback for the Spartans, who suffered a 2-0 defeat the last time these two teams met.
If you add up the scores from across all four sets (91-87) Murray actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 25-20, 25-21, 10-25, 27-25.
Alex Beckstead paced Murray's offense, picking up 11 kills. Beckstead got some help from Daniel Haskell and his 27 assists.
Despite the loss, Ogden had strong showings from Kos Crowther, who had 12 digs and four assists, and Oscar Barragan, who had 11 digs.
Murray has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. As for Ogden, the defeat snapped their winning streak at 14 games and leaves them with a 16-5 record.
Murray has already played their next match, a 3-0 loss against Syracuse on the 19th. As for Ogden, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 3-1 win against Clearfield on the 19th.
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