After flying high against Garland Christian Academy last Tuesday, Bishop Gorman came back down to earth. The Bishop Gorman Crusaders fell just short of the Cumberland Academy Knights by a score of 3-2 on Friday. The defeat continues a trend for the Crusaders in their matchups with the Knights: they've now lost four in a row.
Bishop Gorman took Cumberland Academy into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking nine-point loss. After all that action, the final score was 27-25, 21-25, 11-25, 25-17, 15-6.
Bishop Gorman's loss dropped their record down to 3-6. As for Cumberland Academy, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 10-7.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Bishop Gorman will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on East Texas Homeschool Sports at 6:00 p.m. on September 17th. As for Cumberland Academy, they will venture away from home to take on Union Grove at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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