The Traders Point Christian Knights didn't have quite enough to beat the Crawfordsville Athenians on Monday and fell 3-2. While the Knights didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Athenians 25-21 in the first set.
Traders Point Christian started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The final score came out to 21-25, 20-25, 26-24, 28-26, 15-4.
Quentin Jones paced Traders Point Christian's offense, picking up eight kills. Jones got some help from Carlos Gallardo-Lopez and his eight assists. Gallardo-Lopez was also solid from the service line: he led the team with six aces.
This is the second loss in a row for Traders Point Christian and nudges their season record down to 1-8. As for Crawfordsville, their win ended a nine-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-8.
Coming up, Traders Point Christian will square off against Kokomo at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Crawfordsville, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 3-0 defeat against Lafayette Jefferson on the 6th.
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