The stakes were high, the energy was electric and the Pitman Pride band played loud and with as much enthusiasm as they could when the Turlock volleyball squad came to the Pride gym to square off in the first league meeting of the season on Tuesday night. Pitman was coming off a losing streak of five games and itching to climb back into the winning column, while Turlock is off to one of the best starts in program history. Both student sections chanted, yelled and cheered on their respective squads with unmatched enthusiasm as the momentum swayed back and forth in drastic fashion, but in the end the Bulldogs managed to top the Pride in straight sets, 3-0, (25-14, 26-24 and 25-17).