The Mercer Mustangs will challenge the Titusville Rockets at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Titusville is hoping to do what Grove City couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to Mercer's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Mercer skirted past Grove City 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (108-106) Mercer actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 21-25, 20-25, 25-23, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Titusville had just enough and edged Slippery Rock out 3-2 on Tuesday. 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.
Mercer is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season. As for Titusville, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-3.
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