Patriots Fall to Hounds

The Patriots volleyball team is starting their season on the road with an opener at  SWBL’s Dixie and then an early season tournament against some other CCC teams this weekend.  And when you play on the road you can’t afford to make many mistakes.  Although Tri-Village had the taller team, a shorter but more defensive Dixie kept the ball off the floor and put the Patriots on their heels for most of the match. The Patriots had some good sets but could not get point off the sets as the ball tended to go deep or left or right when they sent it over the net.  The Patriots gifted a lot of points in the match.  Still they won one set and showed spirit in the final set when they closed from 9 points down to fall just short 25-22.  The scoring was 18-25, 25-17,16-25,22-25.  Their best set of the night was the second one of course...

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