Mercedes hasn't had much luck against Rivera recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Mercedes Tigers will venture away from home to challenge the Rivera Raiders at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Mercedes took a loss when they played away from home last Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They blew past Donna North 3-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Tigers have posted since August 27th.
The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-20, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Rivera entered their tilt with Donna North on Saturday with 11 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 12. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Chiefs.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Rivera was: they took every set by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-5, 25-9.
Rivera's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Giana Cantu led the charge by getting 21 assists. Cantu is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 14 or more in the last 30 games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Mia Guerrero, who had eight digs.
Rivera was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in five consecutive matchups.
Mercedes' win ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-16. As for Rivera, they pushed their record up to 28-8 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
Mercedes suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Rivera in their previous meeting back in September. Can Mercedes avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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