Notre Dame has won three straight games at home, while Mercy has won three straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Tuesday. The Notre Dame Regents will welcome the Mercy Bears at 6:30 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, Notre Dame beat Cupertino 3-1.
Notre Dame 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 24-26, 25-19, 25-12, 25-20.
Notre Dame had a senior duo take command as Greene Rachel had 18 digs and Berube Emma had 11 digs.
Notre Dame was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 16.5.
Meanwhile, Mercy hadn't done well against Menlo School recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Mercy came out on top against Menlo School by a score of 3-1.
Mercy was especially dominant in the fourth set. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 14-25, 25-23, 25-15.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Mercy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Amira Festejo Rivera, who had 14 digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Festejo Rivera a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Clare O'Brien, who had seven digs and two aces.
Notre Dame has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season. As for Mercy, their win bumped their record up to 12-4.
Notre Dame suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Mercy when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Will Notre Dame have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more volleyball content.
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