The Jefferson Dragons will be playing at home against the LaGrange Grangers at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The timing is sure in Jefferson's favor as the squad sits on 16 straight wins at home while LaGrange has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road.
Jefferson is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Mary Persons with a sharp 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Jefferson was: they took every set by at least 16 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-5, 25-5, 25-9.
Jefferson can attribute much of their success to Eva Claire Nelson, who had 14 aces, two kills, and 27 assists. Nelson is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 12 or more in the last 38 games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Annabelle Pritchard, who had six aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Jefferson was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 25 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 11 aces in six consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, LaGrange lost 3-0 to Sandy Creek last Thursday.
The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-12, 25-19.
Jefferson is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 32-5 record this season. As for LaGrange, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-12.
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