Volleyball Preview: Cheshire Rams vs. Mercy Tigers
Cheshire has been on the road for three straight, but on Monday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Mercy Tigers at 6:30 p.m. Mercy took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Cheshire, who comes in off a win.
Having struggled with three defeats in a row, Cheshire finally turned things around against West Haven on Monday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Blue Devils.
Cheshire never let West Haven on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-23, 25-20.
Cheshire relied on the efforts of Gabby Scotti, who had 11 digs, and Lauren Kilpatrick, who had 24 assists. Kilpatrick is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 14 or more in the last ten games she's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Mercy didn't have quite enough to beat Wilbur Cross on Thursday and fell 3-2. The Tigers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Mercy sadly wound up on the wrong side. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-27, 25-21, 21-25, 15-11.
Mercy's loss came about despite a quality game from Kacy Dickson, who had 15 digs. The team also got some help courtesy of Riley McCormick, who had three kills, three aces, and three aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Mercy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 15.
Cheshire's victory bumped their record up to 6-4. As for Mercy, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-7.
Cheshire took their win against Mercy in their previous meeting on September 9th by a conclusive 3-0. Will Cheshire repeat their success, or does Mercy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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