Volleyball Preview: Mercy Bears vs. Notre Dame Regents
After five games on the road, Mercy is heading back home. They will welcome the Notre Dame Regents at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Mercy will bounce into Thursday's matchup after beating Menlo School, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Mercy blew past Menlo School 3-0 on Tuesday.
While Mercy won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-16, 26-24.
Mercy kept the net locked down and finished the game with ten blocks. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now had at least five blocks in 11 consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Notre Dame entered their tilt with Leland on Saturday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They came out on top against the Chargers by a score of 2-0.
The 2-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Notre Dame was: they took both sets by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-15.
Mercy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season. As for Notre Dame, their win bumped their record up to 15-9.
Everything went Mercy's way against Notre Dame in their previous meeting on October 1st, as Mercy made off with a 3-0 victory. Does Mercy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Notre Dame turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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