After flying high against Henderson Collegiate on Thursday, Oxford Prep came back down to earth. The Griffins lost 3-0 to the South Granville Vikings on Friday. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Vikings this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 3-1 back in August.
Oxford Prep was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-16, 25-22.
Larah Preddy had a dynamite game For South Granville., getting 11 digs and four aces. That's the most aces Preddy has posted since back in August. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaylee Aiken, who had 11 digs and two aces.
Oxford Prep's defeat dropped their record down to 8-10. As for South Granville, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-12.
Oxford Prep and South Granville could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps North Carolina Rankings. The Griffins (ranked 342nd) will meet Falls Lake (ranked 33rd) at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday. Meanwhile, South Granville will challenge Orange at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday with a big rank disadvantage (340 vs. 89).
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