Butternut hasn't had much luck against Mercer recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Butternut Midgets will challenge the Mercer Tigers at 6:00 p.m.
Butternut is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Mellen just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Friday. They fell 3-1 to the Granite Diggers.
The final score came out to 25-19, 21-25, 25-18, 25-15.
Meanwhile, Mercer entered their tilt with Washburn on Thursday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Everything went their way against the Castle Guards as they made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Mercer was: they took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-11, 25-12.
Mercer couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 42.6% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was back in October of 2023.
Butternut's defeat dropped their record down to 7-4. As for Mercer, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-7.
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