The Oakland-Craig Volleyball Team won 2-0 over Humphrey-Lindsay in the East Husker Conference Tournament Semifinals from Lyons-Decatur Northeast on Saturday before falling 3-2 to Clarkson/Leigh in the Championship Match.
Jeff’s Humphrey-Lindsay Recap:
The Knights won set one 25-15 and set two 25-19. Briar Ray had 11 kills and 11 digs while Brandi Helzer notched 10 kills and 10 digs. Hilary Ray added 16 digs while Adi Rennerfeldt registered 11 digs and 24 set assists.
Jeff’s Clarkson/Leigh Recap:
The Knights won set one and lost set two 25-14 before winning set three 25-17. The Patriots took set four 29-27 and won set five 16-14. Helzer finished with 36 kills and 13 digs while Briar Ray totaled 20 kills and 28 digs. Hilary Ray and Bailey Pelan each had 28 digs while Rennerfeldt compiled 15 digs and 58 set assists.
Jeff’s Clarkson/Leigh Preview:
Oakland-Craig (26-5) hosts Clarkson/Leigh (27-2) in Tuesday night’s regular season finale.
Jeff’s Take on the Match:
I would think the Knights would win the rematch between these two. Oakland-Craig figures to be plenty fired up and motivated given what happened and transpired on Saturday. The Knights really need this one with the postseason looming. A win would give Oakland-Craig that fired up feeling heading into the postseason no doubt. I think a win would set the stage for another big and deep postseason run. A loss would be really tough, and I think the Knights really need this one for emotion reasons heading into the postseason. I think Oakland-Craig gets it done and wins too, and improves their postseason seeding in the process.
Oakland-Craig Volleyball finishes Runner-up in East Husker Conference Tournament
