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BAINBRIDGE – The hunt started for a third consecutive Section IV Class D Volleyball title Tuesday night for the second-seeded Bobcats. Taking down the seventh seed Oxford Blackhawks 3-0 in Tuesday’s quarterfinal match, hosted by Bainbridge-Guilford, the defending champions moved one step closer.

The Lady Bobcats came out in the first set on fire, jumping out to a 7-1 lead. Continuing to cruise to a game one win, B-G’s Erica Selfridge’s serving aided in the home team’s 17-3 advantage.

Oxford’s head coach Kim Martin called a timeout to pull her team together when the Bobcats held a 20-4 margin. The regrouping didn’t work at the moment as Bainbridge-Guilford finished out game one with a final score of 25-4.

Martin’s talk between game one and two did, however, pull her team back in as they fought at the start of the second set. The two teams went back-and-forth, presenting stingy defense to not allow a huge deficit like the first game.

While the Bobcats pulled ahead 13-7, Oxford was determined to get back into the match after their slow start and the two teams continued to battle for points.

Bainbridge-Guilford pulled away for good, gaining a 2-0 lead in the match before going on to win the third game 25-5. In the final set, B-G went on a 10-0 run and never looked back.