Watsonville entered their matchup against Monterey on Saturday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Watsonville Wildcatz took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Monterey Dores. The loss continues a trend for the Wildcatz in their matchups with the Dores: they've now lost three in a row.
Watsonville started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 25-27, 25-13, 25-22, 25-23.
Maureen Magsambol had a dynamite game for Monterey, getting 38 digs and nine aces. Those nine aces gave Magsambol a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Aundrea Boykin, who had five aces and four digs.
Watsonville's defeat ended a ten-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 15-9. As for Monterey, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 19-12.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Monterey beat Watsonville by a score of 3-0 on Tuesday.
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