Bears Sweep Series

Saturday, November 6

Macon, Ga.

3:00 PM

Mercer University

15-10,11-3SoCon

ETSU

11-14,7-7SoCon

ETSU

Mercer

11/8/2021 8:40:00 AM | Volleyball

Box Score

Mercer defeats ETSU

By: Nicole Dennis

MACON, Ga. – The Mercer Bears defeat the ETSU Bucs in three straight to maintain a 11-3 record within the conference. "Very nice bounce back win after a highly emotional senior night match on Friday night," said Head Coach Dex Schroeder. "Looking forward to a week where we get to go to Sanford, where the conference round is. This is their week to do a trial run there."

MERCER VS. ETSU

Set One (25-21) | A block by Taylor Lynch would start the first set. Following a point from ETSU, the Bears would record five points in a row to take a five-point lead, 6-1. Rayanne de Oliveira and Lynch would register kills along with a service ace from Annie Karle. Points were traded before a 4-0 run from the Bucs would put them within one, 8-7. Two straight points from the Bucs would tie the set at nine with two additional ties before an attack error and a service ace from Karle would put the Bears back in the lead b two, 13-11. The back and forth would continue resulting in another tie score of 16 before the Bears would score four in a row to regain a lead of four, 20-16. Three of the last five points for the Bears would be by kills from Lynch, allowing the Bears to take the first set.

Set Two (25-16) | The second set started with nine unanswered points by the Bears. de Oliveira would start the run with a kill followed by back-to-back kills from Brittany Major. Jaida Howell would register three kills within this run along with a kill from Lynch and service ace from de Oliveira, 9-0. Within this set, Megan Smith would record a kill and service ace, Agnieska Paskevic registered two kills, and Lexi Uhrhan recorded a service ace. . The Bears maintained their lead throughout the entire set, ending on a 3-0 run including a kill from Lynch and blocks by Lynch, de Oliveira (2), and Major.

Set Three (25-23) | While the Bucs would be the first to record points in this set, a block by Lynch and de Oliveira and a service ace by de Oliveira quickly tied the game at three. The Bucs would lead by at-most, three points before a 3-0 run from the Bears tied the set at nine. Karle recorded a kill and a block with de Oliveira. The Bears would take the lead with another 3-0 run including back-to-back kills from de Oliveira, 12-10. Kills from Howell (2), and Karle and a block by de Oliveira allowed the Bears to stay in the lead by three, 19-16. A 3-0 run from the Bucs would tie the set at 19 before a kill from Karle and a block by Lynch and de Oliveira put the Bears back on top by two, 21-19. Points would be traded until the end with a block and kill by Howell closing the set, giving the match to the Bears.

NOTABLES

Jaida Howell led with 13 kills
Rayanne de Oliveira led with eight total blocks
Rayanne de Oliveira and Annie Karle recorded two service aces each
Agnieska Paskevic registered 37 assists and Annie Karle led with 17 digs

The Bears will face Samford, Wednesday November 10^th at 7:00 P.M.

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