The first round of the 2018 GHSA Volleyball State Championship got underway on Saturday, Oct. 20 as the Dawson County Lady Tigers (No. 3 Area 7-AAA) traveled to Calhoun to take on the Murray County Lady Indians (No. 2 Area 6-AAA) in a best of five sets, winner-take-all contest. After a tough fight that featured multiple lead changes, gigantic swings in momentum and excellent play on both sides of the net, the Lady Tigers held off the Lady Indians with a 3–1 victory to secure their berth in the second round of the state championship. Tipping off at noon, the Tigers came out in the first set eager and energetic and quickly moved out to a commanding lead over the Lady Indians, who seemed off-kilter and confused for most of the set. Murray County managed to break serve a couple of times during the opening tilt but never managed to put together a solid offense and Dawson County took the set by a score of 25–12.