On Saturday, Clarkson/Leigh faced Oakland-Craig in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Clarkson/Leigh Patriots had just enough and edged the Oakland-Craig Knights out 3-2. The Patriots are really starting to get used to good results now that the team has won 11 straight.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (105-101) Clarkson/Leigh actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 14-25, 25-14, 17-25, 29-27, 16-14.
Despite the loss, Oakland-Craig saw an underclassman step up: Hilary Ray had 28 digs.
Clarkson/Leigh's win bumped their record up to 27-2. As for Oakland-Craig, the defeat snapped their winning streak at eight games and leaves them with a 26-5 record.
Clarkson/Leigh will have a chance to go back-to-back against Oakland-Craig: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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