Oakwood volleyball makes it to championship match in Hutsonville Tournament

By Fred Kroner

Oakwood’s volleyball team avenged a Thursday (Sept. 21) loss at home to Chrisman by beating the Cardinals in three sets on Saturday (Sept. 23) to start play in the Hutsonville Tournament.

The Comets won two more matches at the tourney before falling to Lawrenceville, 25-23, 25-17, in the championship match.

Oakwood’s tourney wins were over Chrisman (26-24,17-25, 15-13), North Central (14-25, 25-23, 15-6) and Hutsonville (26-24, 25-20).

The Thursday match against Chrisman favored the Cardinals, 25-20, 27-25.

Oakwood (7-8) returns to action on Monday (Sept. 25) at Paxton-Buckley-Loda.