Opening night of SVC Volleyball saw the defending co-champs go down to defeat.
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Unioto fell in five sets at Zane Trace (25-22, 15-25, 25-20, 19-25, 15-6) while the Panthers of Southeastern were dropping a three set sweep to Westfall (25-16, 25-17, 25-12). The Shermans and Panthers shared the title last year.
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The conference could see a wide-open race for the SVC championship this fall.
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While Tuesday was opening night in conference play, everyone except Adena had played at least one non-conference match with others playing as many as three to four.
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Elsewhere, the Warriors played their first match of the season and picked up a sweep at Paint Valley, (25-10, 25-14, 25-12) while Huntington ran their overall record to (5-0) with a (25-11, 25-9, 25-9) sweep over Piketon.
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Thursday action will see Huntington at Unioto, Zane Trace at Southeastern, Adena at Piketon.
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The Westfall at Paint Valley match has been moved to 1pm Saturday, due to Thursday night being the Bearcats football opening night against Eastern Pike.
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