Volleyball Recap: Jefferson-Morgan's Loss Ends Four-Game Winning Streak at Home

By Team Reports Oct 10, 2024, 7:55pm

Volleyball Recap: Jefferson-Morgan Rockets vs. Carmichaels Mighty Mikes

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Jefferson-Morgan lost against Carmichaels back in September, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Jefferson-Morgan Rockets fell just short of the Carmichaels Mighty Mikes by a score of 3-2. The Rockets have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Jefferson-Morgan took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 25-19, 20-25, 17-25, 26-24, 15-6.

Despite the defeat, Jefferson-Morgan saw an underclassman step up: Alaina Mccollum had 19 digs and two aces. That's the most aces Mccollum has posted since back in September.

Even though they lost, Jefferson-Morgan was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in ten consecutive matchups.

Jefferson-Morgan's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-8. As for Carmichaels, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season.

Jefferson-Morgan wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 3-0 victory against Washington on the 7th. Carmichaels has also already played their next match, a 3-1 defeat against Uniontown on the 7th.

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