The Mercer County Golden Eagles are taking a road trip to challenge the Elmwood Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Mercer County will be strutting in after a win while Elmwood will be coming in after a defeat.
Mercer County will bounce into Wednesday's match after beating Monmouth-Roseville, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Mercer County sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over Monmouth-Roseville on Tuesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Golden Eagles.
Mercer County was actually outscored in aggregate across those three sets (74-70), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 29-27, 16-25, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Elmwood came up short against Wethersfield on Monday and fell 2-0. The Trojans have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-16.
Mercer County has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8 record this season. As for Elmwood, their loss dropped their record down to 7-18.
Mercer County beat Elmwood 2-0 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mercer County since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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