Clarkson/Leigh begins season 2-1

The Clarkson/Leigh Patriots are off to a 2-1 start as they picked up a 2-0 win over Madison at their own triangular last Thursday before falling 2-0 to Stanton, also at the Clarkson/Leigh Triangular last Thursday.

The Patriots won 3-2 at BRLD on Tuesday.

Clarkson/Leigh downed the Dragons 25-21 in set one and 25-15 in set two.

Kaegan Held finished with 13 set assists.

The Mustangs defeated the Patriots 25-11 in the first set and 25-16 in the second set.

The Patriots won set one over the Wolverines 25-23, and took set two 25-14. BRLD won set three 25-18 and set four 25-21 before Clarkson/Leigh won the fifth set 15-11.

Hannah Kasik registered a team-high 16 kills and 8 blocks while Shelby Paprocki had 13 kills and 32 digs. Sydney Folken totaled 7 kills and 7 blocks. Halee Steffensmeier added 17 digs while Held notched 7 digs and 42 set assists.

Clarkson/Leigh is off to a solid start. The win over BRLD was really big.

The Patriots (2-1) host Scribner-Snyder (1-2) Tuesday night.

The Trojans beat Oakland-Craig 3-1 on the road Thursday night.

This should be a tremendous match between two up and coming programs.

Both teams have a lot of talent with Scribner-Snyder being the more experienced team.

It's youth against experience, but don't count out Clarkson/Leigh even though they are young.

The Patriots have done some nice things this season as have the Trojans so that should make for a really good match.

The fact it's a home match for Clarkson/Leigh and the Patriots have more time to prepare for Scribner-Snyder than the Trojans have to prepare for them should be to Clarkson/Leigh's advantage, but don't count out Scribner-Snyder either.

I look for this match to go five sets, or at the very least four.

This match is a big deal for both teams without a doubt, and the winner will no doubt take a step in the right direction in building their program.

Both squads have a lot of potential, and have started to touch some of that potential with big wins so I look for both teams to be extremely hungry come Tuesday night.

Every point and every set is critical as things could very well come down to the wire.

The Patriots have a big week next week, and a win over the Trojans would get things started off in the right way.