There's no place like home for Gray Collegiate Academy, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Thursday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Aiken Fighting Green Hornets on Tuesday. That's the second time they've managed to beat them this season, as they also won 3-0 back in September.
Gray Collegiate Academy was especially dominant in the fourth set. The final score came out to 26-24, 25-20, 20-25, 25-13.

Haylen Lawson
10/14/25 vs Aiken | -40% |
10/09/25 @ South Aiken | -100% |
10/06/25 vs Legion Collegiate Academy | -50% |
10/02/25 vs Brookland-Cayce | -50% |
09/30/25 @ North Augusta | 0% |
Leading Gray Collegiate Academy to victory were Colby Branham and Haylen Lawson. Branham had five digs and two aces, while Lawson had 17 digs and five assists. What's more, Lawson also posted a -40% hitting percentage, which is the highest she's achieved over her last five matches.
They weren't the only good servers: Gray Collegiate Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the match with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in ten consecutive matchups.
Gray Collegiate Academy is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season. As for Aiken, their loss ended a three-match streak of away wins and brought them to 17-15.
We've got plenty of inter-region action coming up soon. Gray Collegiate Academy will take on rival Gilbert at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Meanwhile, Aiken is set to square off against their familiar foe South Aiken at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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