After both having extra time off, the McKinley Red Dragons and the Buchtel Griffins will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
McKinley lost 3-0 to Poland Seminary on Thursday.
While McKinley was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Poland Seminary's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-18, 25-20.
Meanwhile, Buchtel was not able to break out of their rough patch last Tuesday as the team picked up their 17th straight loss dating back to last season. They lost 3-0 to Firestone.
Buchtel was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 25-9, 25-22.
McKinley dropped their record down to 6-16 with the defeat, which was their eighth straight on the road. As for Buchtel, their loss dropped their record down to 0-10.
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