Notre Dame lost against Mercy on October 8th, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Notre Dame Tigers came up short against the Mercy Bears, falling 3-0. The Tigers haven't had much luck with the Bears recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Notre Dame was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Mercy work for it, especially in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 26-24, 25-21.
Gia Rivera paced Notre Dame's offense, picking up 19 kills. Rivera got some help from
Arianna Juarez and her 24 assists. Finally,
Tessa Turiello kept Notre Dame's defense grounded, leading the team with two blocks.
Mercy had a senior duo take command as Clare O'Brien had seven digs and 18 assists and Amira Festejo Rivera had 12 digs.
Notre Dame now has a losing record at 11-12. As for Mercy, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 21-5.
Notre Dame has already played their next matchup, a 3-1 defeat against Menlo School on the 29th. As for Mercy, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 3-2 win against Sacred Heart Prep on the 30th.
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