The Mercy Bears will take on the King's Academy Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Mercy has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with four straight losses, while King's Academy will come in with three straight wins.
Mercy is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Notre Dame on Monday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Mercy lost 26-6 to Notre Dame.
Meanwhile, in a tight matchup that could have gone either way, King's Academy made off with a 13-12 victory over Presentation.
A big part of King's Academy's win came down to the chemistry between Mia Bennette and her top target Sofia Poonen. Bennette threw for 210 yards and two touchdowns while Poonen picked up 102 receiving yards and a touchdown.
King's Academy didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Poonen and Tiffany Lin.
Mercy's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for King's Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
