After flying high against Yellow Springs on Monday, West Jefferson came back down to earth. The Roughriders fell just short of the Triad Cardinals by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. While the Roughriders didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Cardinals 25-17 in the first set.
West Jefferson wouldn't go down easily and took Triad into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 17-25, 25-21, 25-10, 21-25, 15-13.
Julia Beatty paced West Jefferson's offense, picking up 22 kills. Beatty got some help from Maddie Carruthers and her 22 assists. Carruthers was also solid from the service line: she led the team with three aces.
Jenna Jones had a dynamite game For Triad., getting 17 digs and two aces. Jones is crushing it when it comes to aces: she's served at least two every time she's taken the court this season. Haven Cantrell was another key player, getting 12 digs and three aces.
West Jefferson's defeat dropped their record down to 3-2. As for Triad, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-1.
West Jefferson has already played their next contest (against Northeastern), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Triad also has no score uploaded for their next match, this one against Fairbanks.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
