Mercy hasn't had much luck against Menlo School recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Mercy Bears will look to defend their home court against the Menlo School Knights at 6:30 p.m. Mercy will be strutting in after a victory while Menlo School will be coming in after a defeat.
On Monday, Mercy made easy work of Half Moon Bay and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bears.
The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-12, 25-18.
Mercy had a senior duo take command as Clare O'Brien had four aces and three digs and Lana Trehan had five digs and 20 assists. That's the most aces O'Brien has posted since back in October of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Tessa Carbone, who had four digs and three aces.
Meanwhile, Menlo School was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Menlo-Atherton.
Menlo School may have fallen short, but they were sure consistent: they scored 17 points in every single set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-17.
Mercy's victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-4. As for Menlo School, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-7.
Mercy came up short against Menlo School in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Mercy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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