After flying high against Whitman last Tuesday, Walter Johnson came back down to earth. The Walter Johnson Wildcats fell just short of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Barons by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. The contest marked the Wildcats' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
The 3-2 doesn't really show just how close this match was: all the sets Walter Johnson lost were decided by three points or less. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-22, 22-25, 25-22, 15-13.
Walter Johnson lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Ellie Silberfeld, who had six digs and three aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Sofia Silberfeld, who had six digs and three aces.
Having lost for the first time this season, Walter Johnson fell to 6-1. As for Bethesda-Chevy Chase, the victory got them back to even at 3-3.
Walter Johnson didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 3-0 win vs. Churchill on the 30th. Bethesda-Chevy Chase has also already played their next game, a 2-1 victory against Richard Montgomery on the 28th.
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