Volleyball Game Preview: Titusville Rockets vs. Mercer Mustangs

By Team Reports Oct 10, 2024, 12:03am

Volleyball Preview: Titusville Rockets vs. Mercer Mustangs

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The Titusville Rockets are taking a road trip to take on the Mercer Mustangs at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.

Last Tuesday, Titusville sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Slippery Rock. The win made it back-to-back victories for Titusville.

Titusville was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 20-25, 11-25, 25-16, 15-9.

Meanwhile, Mercer had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Eagles , sneaking past 3-2.

Mercer was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (108-106), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 21-25, 20-25, 25-23, 15-13.

Titusville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. As for Mercer, their win bumped their record up to 11-3.

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