It was a Battle of the Birds when Fairless faced off against GlenOak on Saturday. The Falcons fell just short of the Golden Eagles by a score of 3-2. While the Falcons didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Golden Eagles 25-19 in the first set.
Fairless actually scored more points across those five sets (100-95), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The final score came out to 19-25, 25-22, 25-18, 11-25, 15-10.
Ella Wade paced Fairless' offense, picking up 19 kills. Wade got some help from Preslie Wilson and her 17 assists. Wade was also solid from the service line: she led the team with three aces.
This is the second loss in a row for Fairless and nudges their season record down to 6-3. As for GlenOak, their victory ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-5.
Coming up, Fairless will take on Northwest at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for GlenOak, they will challenge Perry at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday.
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