On Tuesday, O'Gorman faced Watertown in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The O'Gorman Knights won by a set and slipped past the Watertown Arrows 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Knights.
O'Gorman had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first firsttwo sets, they turned around to win the next four. After all that action, the final score was 25-27, 15-25, 25-12, 25-13, 15-7.
Despite the loss, Watertown still got an impressive performance from Natalie Pearson, who had 14 digs and two aces. That's the most aces Pearson has posted since back in August.
O'Gorman pushed their record up to 6-2 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Watertown, the defeat snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 7-4 record.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. O'Gorman will head out to square off against Brookings at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Watertown, they will take on Tea at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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