The Mercy Bears are taking a road trip to face off against the Lowell Cardinals at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
While Mercy's win against Harker wasn't quite the blowout it was the last time the pair played, they still came out on top. The Bears narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Eagles 3-2. The Bears haven't had any issues with the Eagles recently, as the game was their third consecutive win against them.
Mercy had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 21-25, 19-25, 25-20, 26-24, 15-7.
Meanwhile, Lowell made easy work of KIPP SF College Prep on Monday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Lowell took every set by at least 13 points. The final score came out to 25-10, 25-11, 25-12.
Mercy now has a winning record of 7-6. As for Lowell, their win bumped their record up to 6-4.
Mercy couldn't quite get it done against Lowell in their previous meeting back in September of 2017 as they fell 2-0. Can the Bears avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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