The Oak Glen Golden Bears narrowly escaped with a win as The squad sidled past The Tyler Knights 2-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Golden Bears.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Oak Glen who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 21-25, 25-12.
Tyler lost on Saturday despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Sloane Wall, who had 10 digs, eight solo blocks, and seven kills. The team also got some help from Kayli West, who had nine digs, eight kills, and six solo blocks.
Oak Glen has now won 13 of their last 15 games at home. That run has powered them to a 7-2 record this season. That said, the team wasn't facing the toughest opposition over that stretch, as it included 1-5 Williamstown and 1-3 Wheeling Central Catholic (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 29.3% over those games). As for Tyler, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 4-1.
Oak Glen has already played their next match, a 2-0 victory against Frankfort on the 29th. As for Tyler, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 2-1 defeat against Doddridge County on the 29th.
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