On Thursday, the Mercy Monarchs came up short against the Conestoga Cougars and fell 3-1.
Mercy started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 28-30, 25-19, 25-20, 25-14.
Despite the defeat, Mercy saw an underclassman step up: Kinsie Tauriella had 30 digs. Those 30 digs set a new season-high mark for Tauriella. The team also got some help courtesy of Maggie Lindauer, who had ten digs.
Conestoga can attribute much of their success to Ella Tegels, who had ten digs. Tegels has been hot recently, having posted ten or more digs the last four times she's played.
Mercy has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-5 record this season. As for Conestoga, they pushed their record up to 5-3 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Mercy will challenge Oakland-Craig at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Oakland-Craig will roll in looking for their seventh straight win, something Mercy surely won't give up without a fight. As for Conestoga, they are on the road again on Saturday to play Bancroft-Rosalie at 10:30 a.m.
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