Bears Close Out Regular Season Home Stand With ETSU

Sunday, March 21

Macon, Ga.

3 p.m.

Mercer University

ETSU

Bears Close Out Regular Season Home Stand With ETSU

3/20/2021 2:25:00 PM | Volleyball

Mercer set to honor the senior class on Sunday

By: Jesika Moore

MACON, Ga. – The Mercer Bears will welcome the ETSU Buccaneers for their last regular season home matches on Sunday and Monday.

MATCH DETAILS
Date | Time: Sunday Mar. 21 | 3 p.m.
Teams: ETSU (5-7, 5-7) at Mercer (10-7, 9-3)
Location: Macon, Ga.
Live Stats: MercerBears.com/LiveStats
Twitter Updates:@MercerBearsVB

MATCH DETAILS
Date | Time: Monday Mar. 22 | 6 p.m.
Teams: ETSU (5-7, 5-7) at Mercer (10-7, 9-3)
Location: Macon, Ga.
Live Stats: MercerBears.com/LiveStats
Twitter Updates:@MercerBearsVB

SERIES HISTORY
This will be the 31^st and 32^nd meeting between the two squads. That last time was in November 2019. The Bucs took the match in four sets.

SCOUTING THE BUCS
The Bucs are coming off a 2-3 loss against the Citadel on Monday. The Bucs had three players with double-digit kills. Sara Esposito led with 20, followed by Jenna Forster with 19 and Asia Mattress with 12. Setter Emily Arnold registered 52 assists in the five sets. Esposito had the only solo block for ETSU. Lundyn Coffman led with three block assists. Three Bucs had double-digit digs- Jenna Forster (17), Sydney Cherney (13), and Staley Humphries (10). Benavia Jenkins enters her second season at the helm of the Bucs.

NOTABLES

Jaida Howell earned the title of Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Month for the month of February. She totaled 33 blocks, averaging 1.38 blocks per set.
As a team, Mercer is ranked in the top 50 in team kills. They have totaled 775 on the season so far.
Jaida Howell and Rayanne de Oliveira are the top two in the Southern Conference in total blocks. Howell has totaled 63, while de Oliveira has totaled 51.
Brittany Major and Lexi Uhrhan each have 17 service aces on the season.

FOLLOW THE BEARS
For complete coverage of Mercer Volleyball, please follow the Bears on social media at @MercerBearsVB (Twitter), and @mercervolleyball (Instagram) or visit the official home of Mercer Athletics at MercerBears.com.