The Merced Bears will head out on the road to face off against the McLane Highlanders at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Merced is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last four games.
Merced had to skate by with only a one-set margin when they last took the court, which might have inspired the three-set drubbing they dealt McNair on Tuesday. Merced put the hurt on McNair with a sharp 3-0 win.
Merced never let McNair on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-21, 25-23.
Meanwhile, McLane came up short against Central on Tuesday and fell 3-1.
McLane actually scored more points across those four sets (85-84), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 9-25, 25-23, 25-16.
McLane now has a losing record of 4-5. As for Merced, their victory bumped their record up to 7-3.
Merced beat McLane 2-0 in their previous matchup back in March of 2024. Does Merced have another victory up their sleeve, or will McLane turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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