With a playoff game on the line, Prentice rose to the challenge on Thursday. They won by a set and slipped past the Mercer Tigers 3-2. Winning may never get old, but the Buccaneers sure are getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Prentice was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 21-25, 23-25, 25-20, 16-14.
Mercer lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Alessia DelVitto, who had 11 digs. The team also got some help courtesy of Anya Brandenburg, who had eight digs.
Prentice's win bumped their record up to 23-12. As for Mercer, with the loss, they broke their 11-game winning streak and moved their record to 28-9.
Prentice has already played their next game, a 3-0 defeat against Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran on the 2nd. Mercer does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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