On Saturday, Oakland-Craig faced Clarkson/Leigh in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Oakland-Craig Knights fell just short of the Clarkson/Leigh Patriots by a score of 3-2. The loss continues a trend for the Knights in their matchups with the Patriots: they've now lost five in a row.
Oakland-Craig actually scored more points across those five sets (105-101), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 14-25, 25-14, 17-25, 29-27, 16-14.
When it comes to explaining why Oakland-Craig lost, don't look at Hilary Ray. Despite the final result, she had 28 digs.
With the defeat, Oakland-Craig broke their eight-game winning streak and moved their record to 26-5. As for Clarkson/Leigh, the victory (which was their 11th in a row) raised their record to 27-2.
While Oakland-Craig had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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