The Mercy Marlins will challenge the Traverse City Central Trojans at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday. Traverse City Central took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Mercy, who comes in off a win.
Traverse City Central will face off against a team with plenty of momentum: Mercy extended their winning streak to three on Wednesday. The Marlins were the clear victors by a 3-0 margin over St. Ursula Academy. The Marlins not only won on Wednesday, but they posted their biggest win since September 3rd (when they won 3-0).
Mercy never let St. Ursula Academy on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The final score came out to 25-21, 25-22, 25-19.
Mercy found their leader in freshman Kate Berghoff, who had eight digs and one assist.
Meanwhile, after a string of ten wins, Traverse City Central's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell just short of Petoskey by a score of 3-2.
Traverse City Central's defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 13-3. As for Mercy, their victory bumped their record up to 15-2.
Mercy was able to grind out a solid win over Traverse City Central in their previous meeting back in August of 2019, winning 2-0. Will the Marlins repeat their success, or do the Trojans have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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