Montville waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They had just enough and edged the Mercy Tigers out 3-2.
Montville was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. The match finished with set scores of 16-25, 25-15, 20-25, 25-21, 15-13.
Montville was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in three consecutive matches.
Mercy's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Grace Kearns, who had nine digs, two blocks, and two aces, and Skylar Swanson, who had seven digs, five kills, four aces, and a block. That's the most aces Swanson has posted in her last eight contests.
Montville's win bumped their record up to 11-6-1. As for Mercy, they have been struggling recently as they've lost seven of their last nine games, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-12 record this season.
Montville will face off against Griswold at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Griswold is coming into the matchup with eight straight victories at home, so Montville will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum. As for Mercy, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 3-1 win against Sheehan on the 16th.
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