FAIRDALE HANGS ON TO WIN TOUGH THREE-SET MATCH
Volleyball - August 21, 2008
Fairdale (5-3) recorded their fifth win on Thursday night as they defeated Central in a tough three-set match. It took the Bulldogs until September 11th to reach the five win mark last season. The Yellowjackets opened play taking a qucik 5-2 lead. Samantha Davis helped the Bulldogs jump ahead as she served six straight winning points for the Dogs including four straight aces. From there Fairdale never looked back taking the opening set 25-18. To open the second set the Bulldogs won five straight pointson Kindsey Bowman's serve. The Dogs held that lead until Central recovered to win eight straight points of their own to take the lead 14-11. Fairdale never got closer than four points after that as Central won the second set 25-20.

Kindsey Bowman again helped the Dogs jump ahead 4-0 with strong serving to open the third set. Central quickly tied the game at 4-4. The serving of Tessa O'Keefe late in the set helped the Dogs pull away to a 21-14 lead following a Cristie CartSer kill. Cristie Carter served the final two points of the match as the Dogs held on for the 25-17 win over the Jackets.

The volleyball team will return to action on Thursday when they host the Golden Eagles of Shawnee.