The Mercy Monarchs will face off against the Omaha Central Eagles at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Mercy will be strutting in after a victory while Omaha Central will be coming in after a defeat.
Mercy took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They put the hurt on Buena Vista with a sharp 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Mercy was: they took every set by at least 14 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-8, 25-10.
Allison Harbold had a dynamite game for Mercy, getting 16 digs and five aces. The dominant performance gave Harbold a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Maggie Lindauer, who had ten digs.
Mercy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 28 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Omaha Central came up short against Burke last Thursday and fell 3-1. The Eagles have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Omaha Central was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Burke work for it, especially in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-7, 18-25, 25-23.
Mercy's victory bumped their record up to 10-16. As for Omaha Central, their loss dropped their record down to 12-12.
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