If New Oxford was riding high fresh off their 3-0 takedown of Kennard-Dale last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Colonials took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Northeastern Bobcats on Thursday. The Colonials haven't had much luck with the Bobcats recently, as the team has come up short the last five times they've met.
New Oxford started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-27, 25-13, 27-25, 25-17.
New Oxford's loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 2-2. As for Northeastern, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-5-2 record this season.
We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. New Oxford will square off against rival Red Lion at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Northeastern is set to challenge their familiar foe York Suburban at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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