The Bowie Lady Rabbits lost their home game Tuesday night against a tall Graford team at the net.
Graford won in straight sets 3-0 as Bowie constantly found itself in early holes it could not dig itself out of.
Bowie came into the game with the goal of still working on straightening out rotations, getting players more varsity experience while also trying to win.
Graford, freshly moved up to 2A and featuring several tall players despite being a smaller school, was looking to show just because the team was moving up a classification it could still win at a high level.
Bowie started the match well, getting the early lead and extending it to 9-6. Graford then went on an 8-2 run to take the lead 14-11, taking advantage of mistakes and never looked back.
Bowie hung with Graford, never falling so behind to lose hope, but ran out of time. Graford won the first set 25-20 to go ahead 1-0.
The second set started off not well for Bowie. Graford led 7-3 at the beginning of the set. Bowie was able to keep pace with Graford up until the end game, down three to four points the whole way, trailing 19-16.
Graford then went on a 4-1 run go up 23-17 to clinch the set definitively, winning 25-17 to up 2-0.
Bowie needed to win the next three sets if it wanted to come from behind and win the match. An epic comeback was not in the cards Tuesday night.
Graford took control early and never let go. Bowie lost the set 25-14 as Graford won the match 3-0.

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