After having lost a blowout in their  previous game against Mellen, Butternut was happy to have turned things around  on Thursday. They came out on top against the Mercer Tigers by a score of  3-1. That's the second time they've managed to beat them this season, as they also won  2-0  two weeks ago.
 Butternut had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 11-25, 25-20, 25-14,  25-21.
 Alli Lueloff paced Butternut's offense, picking up 11 kills. Lueloff got some help from  Lizzie Pritzl and her 32 assists.  Gianna Nahring controlled things from the service line, finishing with six aces.
 Mercer lost  despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was   Ryley Saarnio, who  had seven  digs and two  aces. The team also got some help courtesy of  Kaylee Powers, who  had six  kills and four  digs.

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| 09/18/25 - Home | 3-1 W | 
| 09/06/25 - Neutral | 2-0 W | 
| 10/05/24 - Neutral | 0-2 L | 
| 09/26/24 - Away | 0-3 L | 
| 09/30/23 - Home | 1-2 L | 
| + 5 more games | 
The  win  got Butternut back to even at 9-9. As for Mercer,  they are  on  a  five-game losing streak  that has dropped them down to 1-13.
 Butternut didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next  matchup,  a  2-0  loss against South Shore on the 20th. As for Mercer, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next  match,  a  3-1  victory against Drummond on the 25th.
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