The Oakland-Craig Volleyball team lost 3-0 at Howells-Dodge Thursday night, went 1-2 at the Clarkson/Leigh Tournament on Saturday, beating BRLD 2-0, but losing 2-0 to the host Patriots and Cross County, and lost 2-0 to West Point-Beemer and DC West at their home Triangular Tuesday night.
The Jaguars won set one 25-19, set two 25-20, and set three 25-23.
Natalia McNeill led the way with a team-high 10 kills.
Head Coach Chelsey Quigley says she's proud of the way her young team fought given all the injuries they've had this season. "We've had our hardships with some pretty significant injuries. And we are very young. 5 of the girls out there...this is their first year of any Varsity Volleyball. So tonight I'm feeling pretty good. These girls came out and they had the fire that I've been looking for this entire season. And now that they feel it I hope that we just keep trekkin along and I hope that we can get some wins down the road because they can feel it now, and they have the fire."
The Knights topped the Wolverines 25-23 in the first set, and 25-18 in the second set.
The Patriots defeated the Knights 25-10 in set one, and 25-12 in set two.
The Cougars downed Oakland-Craig 25-22 in the first set, and 25-21 in the second set.
The Cadets beat the Knights 25-17 in set one, and 25-13 in set two.
The Falcons upended Oakland-Craig 25-11 in the opening set, and 25-19 in the final set.
I thought the Knights did a great job competing against Howells-Dodge, BRLD, and Cross County.
Oakland-Craig (3-19) hosts Pender (4-15) Thursday night in a match that can be heard on 107.9 the Bull.
The Pendragons lost 3-0 at Tekamah-Herman Tuesday night.
Pender beat the Knights 2-1 at the Northeast Nebraska Tournament on September 2nd.
This is a match of something's got to give.
Both teams have struggled and are still trying to find their way, and this should be a great, close, and compelling match.
I look for the match to go five sets with Oakland-Craig perhaps winning this time around.
The Knights are at home and the bigger school, but the Pendragons did win the first time around.
If Oakland-Craig has some girls back they should stand a good chance to win this time around.
Even if the Knights have the same lineup they had against the Jaguars they should still have a chance at a victory.
Oakland-Craig has to bring their best though. The Knights have to play the way they did against the Wolverines, Cougars, and Jaguars.
If Oakland-Craig plays the way they did against Clarkson/Leigh, West Point-Beemer, and DC West though it's going to be tough for the Knights to win, in my opinion.
Oakland-Craig needs to be at their best to come away with a victory in this one I would say.
Only the Knights' best effort will yield them a victory I think.
Oakland-Craig can't afford to have any bad sets. There's really not a lot of margin for error in this match given how even it is.
The Knights just have to go out there and have fun and enjoy themselves.
These are two young teams that have brighter days ahead so Oakland-Craig just has to go out there and compete, and give things their best shot.
Join us for the match on 107.9 the Bull with Sports Director Tom McMahon beginning at 7:30 p.m.
It should be a good, exciting, thrilling, and entertaining match so I hope you will turn on the Bull for all the action.
I truly believe this match is a toss up and will go five sets.
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