Volleyball Recap: Half Moon Bay Cougars vs. Mercy Bears
If Half Moon Bay was riding high fresh off their 3-0 takedown of Jefferson last Thursday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Half Moon Bay Cougars lost 3-0 to the Mercy Bears on Monday. The loss continues a trend for the Cougars in their matchups with the Bears: they've now lost five in a row.
The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-12, 25-18.
Despite the loss, Half Moon Bay still got an impressive performance from Kate Billington, who had 15 digs.
Mercy had a senior duo take command as Clare O'Brien had four aces and three digs and Lana Trehan had five digs and 20 assists. That's the most aces O'Brien has posted since back in October of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Tessa Carbone, who had four digs and three aces.
Half Moon Bay's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-5. As for Mercy, their victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-4.
Half Moon Bay will head out to take on South San Francisco at 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Mercy, they will welcome Menlo School at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Mercy is facing Menlo School at the right time seeing as Menlo School is stuck on a five-game losing streak.
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