Duchesne had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged the Mercy Monarchs out 3-2. The Cardinals have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Monarchs, too.
Duchesne wouldn't go down easily and took Mercy into a fifth set where they got it done with a six-point win. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-12, 22-25, 25-13, 15-9.
Duchesne was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in three consecutive matchups.
The victory got Duchesne back to even at 9-9. As for Mercy, they dropped their record down to 9-16 with the loss, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Duchesne will face off against Northwest at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. After both having extra time off, Mercy and Omaha Central will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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