On Tuesday, Watertown faced Jefferson in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Watertown Arrows had just enough and edged the Jefferson Cavaliers out 3-2. This was payback for the Arrows, who suffered a 3-0 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Watertown was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-19, 16-25, 25-15, 16-14.
Watertown had a senior duo take command as Kynslee Johnson had 20 digs and six aces and Natalie Pearson had 15 digs. The dominant performance gave Johnson a new career-high in aces.
Watertown was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in five consecutive games.
Watertown is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season. As for Jefferson, their loss ended a nine-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 14-2.
Watertown will face off against Douglas at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. As for Jefferson, they are on the road again on Friday to play Roosevelt at 7:00 p.m.
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