The Skipstone Academy Lady Warriors volleyball team gave a tremendous effort, but it wasn’t enough as it fell to the Grace Christian Lady Eagles 3-1 in a home match on Aug. 28.

Skipstone, which plays its home matches at Zion Baptist Church in Hampton, falls to 0-3 on the season.

Skipstone won the first game of the match 26-24, but lost the final three games 24-26, 20-25 and 23-25 for their third loss of the year. Skipstone assistant coach John Hassert was pleased with the team’s effort during the match.

“The girls played very well and have really improved since the Warrior Warm Up Tournament. We have a lot of team unity and the girls aren’t getting down,” he said. “All four games were very close; if we made some plays here and there, we could’ve won the match.”

Hassert said Rachael Conaway and Kailee Turner did a great job setting up hitters Noel Padgett and Kenzie Moody for kills and Keeley Adkisson did a great job coming off the bench.

“Keeley did a great job defensively against Grace,” said Hassert. “She made plays and kept us close all night.”

The Lady Warriors host Creekside Christian Thursday at 6 p.m.

Griffin Christian 3, Oak Mountain 0 (Aug. 30):

The Griffin Christian Lady Crusaders rolled over another opponent on Aug. 30, beating Oak Mountain 3-0 at home to improve to 8-0.

GC won the match 25-23, 25-18 and 25-16.

“I was surprised at how athletic Oak Mountain has gotten since last year,” said GC coach Melanie Foster. “They’ve really improved.”

GCHS hosts Heirway Christian today at 6 p.m. Foster said Heirway is also undefeated and she said she looks forward to a very good match.