The Jefferson Cavaliers are on the road again on Friday to play the Roosevelt Rough Riders at 7:00 p.m.
Jefferson is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Dakota's top teams: Watertown, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Jefferson was ranked third). Jefferson fell just short of Watertown by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. The Cavaliers' defeat signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Jefferson took Watertown into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-19, 16-25, 25-15, 16-14.
Meanwhile, Roosevelt posted their biggest victory since September 24th on Thursday. Everything went their way against Tea as Roosevelt made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Rough Riders.
Roosevelt's got stronger as the match went on, holding Tea to fewer and fewer points set over set. The final score came out to 25-17, 25-13, 25-11.
Roosevelt was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in three consecutive games.
Jefferson's loss ended a nine-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 14-2. As for Roosevelt, their victory bumped their record up to 14-9.
Jefferson beat Roosevelt 3-1 in their previous meeting back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for Jefferson since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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