Grafton faced Mayville-Portland-Clifford-Galesburg in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Monday. The Spoilers fell just short of the Patriots by a score of 3-2. The Spoilers haven't had much luck with the Patriots recently, as the team has come up short the last nine times they've met.
Grafton was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Mayville-Portland-Clifford-Galesburg work for it, especially in the third set. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-16, 27-25, 25-27, 15-12.
Jocelyn DeGeldere paced Grafton's offense, picking up 16 kills. DeGeldere got some help from Julia Heidt and her 41 assists. Heidt was also solid from the service line: she led the team with three aces.
Grafton's loss dropped their record down to 14-11-2. As for Mayville-Portland-Clifford-Galesburg, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 8-3.
Grafton didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 3-2 victory against Park River/Fordville-Lankin on the 14th. As for Mayville-Portland-Clifford-Galesburg, after both having extra time off, they and Harvey will shake off the cobwebs and hit the court against one another at 7:00 p.m. on the 21st.
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