The Owls remain in the hunt for the HHC conference title, after defeating New Albany in five sets Thursday night, moving their record to 4-2 in conference play.

In the opening set, both teams went back and forth the entire set, until the Bulldogs were able to pull away and win 25-22.

The next set felt as if New Albany was going to to walk out of there with a 3-0 win, but the scores were still close. The Owls were down 24-21 with the serve, but lost the set point on a service error.

At the start of the third set down 0-2, many players could’ve just given up and went home early with a loss. But the Lady Owls never quit in this one, bouncing back and winning the third set 25-13.

Seymour started the fourth set strong, taking an early 5-1 lead, but both teams went back and forth and it was eventually tied up at 12. After the Owls took a lead, then New Albany came back again and tied it at 21. The Lady Owls took four straight points, tying the set score up at 2-2, and taking the game into the fifth and final set.

In the fifth set, with everyone in Lloyd E Scott Gymnasium was into the match, yelling and cheering after every point or big hit. The Lady Owls used their momentum to take an early 8-1 lead, but somewhat let the Bulldogs back in, as the score was 11-6 soon after. The little come back didn’t matter, as Seymour finished the game by a score of 15-8.

The final set scores were, 22-25, 21-25, 25-13, 25-21, 15-8.

The Lady Owls will play again on Tuesday, home against the 21-3 Brownstown Central. Come out and support the Owls on Senior night.