Franklin began well with digs, good passing and adequate sets that allowed some well placed spikes. As a team they took advantage of a slow start by the Oilers who struggled to pass. Franklin did let Oil City stay in it but held on to win the first set 25-21. They were aided, in part, to poor serving by the Oilers, an issue that would plague them in the final two sets.
Fundamentals.
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Timeouts by Jones to correct the issues only temporality slowed the Oilers and they dropped the set 25-21.
Fundamentals.
They suddenly couldn't dig a ball to save their life and fell behind. It was almost a mirror image of what they did to Franklin in the second. They managed to settle down and caught mostly up, but was never able to regain momentum.
Fundamentals.
The match ended with Franklin taking the tie-breaker 15-12
That is sportsmanship at its finest. Beautiful!
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Below are a couple more photos from the match and a link to even more.