Mercer Island and Liberty are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2018, but not for long. The Mercer Island Islanders will challenge the Liberty Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Monday.
Mercer Island is headed into the match having just suffered their biggest defeat since September 16th on Wednesday. They came up short against Skyline, falling 3-0. While getting shut out isn't ideal, the Islanders haven't been shut out since back in September.
The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-21, 25-18.
Meanwhile, Liberty earned a 3-1 victory over Bothell/Inglemoor on Wednesday.
Mercer Island's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-9-1. As for Liberty, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season.
Mercer Island was able to grind out a solid win over Liberty in their previous matchup on October 1st, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mercer Island since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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