Jersey had to fight back from 8-3 down in the final set against Wessex

The Jersey men's volleyball team, HLB Jackson Fox, are through to the quarter-finals of Volleyball England's National Plate competition.

Against Division 2 side Wessex, Jersey rallied from 8-3 down in the fifth set, to take the set and match.

Team manager Steve Rowe conceded it had been a stressful match. "There were a few word said throughout the match, but in the end we won," he said.

"It was a good performance, especially holding our nerve in the fifth set."

Jersey will now host either Loughborough or Stowmarket in the quarter-final on Saturday 14 February.

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