Sacred Heart Prep has gone 9-1 against Mercy recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Wednesday. The Sacred Heart Prep Gators will welcome the Mercy Bears at 6:30 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Sacred Heart Prep took a loss when they played away from home last Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Notre Dame with a sharp 3-0 win.
Sacred Heart Prep was especially dominant in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-21, 25-15.
Meanwhile, Mercy came tearing into Thursday's match with three straight wins and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Tigers as they made off with a 3-0 victory.
While Mercy won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The final score came out to 25-18, 26-24, 25-21.
Mercy had a senior duo take command as Clare O'Brien had seven digs and 18 assists and Amira Festejo Rivera had 12 digs.
Sacred Heart Prep's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-13. As for Mercy, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season.
Sacred Heart Prep came up short against Mercy in their previous matchup last Tuesday, falling 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Festejo Rivera, who had 21 digs and two aces. Now that Sacred Heart Prep knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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