After flying high against Maplewood-Richmond Heights on Wednesday, Collegiate Medicine & Bioscience came back down to earth. The Owls fell just short of the Gateway Science Academy Gators by a score of 3-2 on Friday. While the Owls didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Gators 25-16 in the first set.
Collegiate Medicine & Bioscience wouldn't go down easily and took Gateway Science Academy into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The final score came out to 16-25, 25-18, 23-25, 25-20, 16-14.
Drelen Jackson paced Collegiate Medicine & Bioscience's offense, picking up 26 kills. Jackson got some help from Henry Gordon and his 46 assists. Jackson also made an impact serving: he shared the team lead in aces with Dylan Nguyen, racking up three apiece.
Collegiate Medicine & Bioscience's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-5-1. As for Gateway Science Academy, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
Collegiate Medicine & Bioscience didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 3-2 win against Gateway Tech on the 21st. As for Gateway Science Academy, they have also already played their next game, a 3-0 victory against First Baptist Academy on the 21st.
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