Volleyball Preview: Mercy Bears vs. Notre Dame Regents
Mercy has gone 9-1 against Notre Dame recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Mercy Bears will head out to square off against the Notre Dame Regents at 6:30 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Mercy comes in on three and Notre Dame on five.
Mercy will bounce into Tuesday's contest after beating Menlo School, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Mercy walked away with a 3-1 victory over Menlo School on Thursday.
Mercy was especially dominant in the fourth set. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 14-25, 25-23, 25-15.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Mercy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Amira Festejo Rivera, who had 14 digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Festejo Rivera a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Clare O'Brien, who had seven digs and two aces.
Meanwhile, Notre Dame beat Cupertino 3-1 on Thursday.
Notre Dame had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 24-26, 25-19, 25-12, 25-20.
Notre Dame can attribute much of their success to Greene Rachel, who had 18 digs, and Berube Emma, who had 11 digs.
Notre Dame was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 16.5.
Mercy has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. As for Notre Dame, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-5.
Everything went Mercy's way against Notre Dame in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as Mercy made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mercy since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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