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Pratt 3, Gwynedd Mercy 0
Wells 3, Pratt 0
Wells 3, Gwynedd Mercy 0

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GWYNEDD VALLEY, PA. -- In their second home tri-match of the season, Gwynedd Mercy came away empty with two defeats on Saturday, falling 3-0 to both Pratt and Wells.

In the day's first match, the Griffins (5-11) dropped a 25-17, 27-25, 25-19 decision to the Cannoneers.  GM got five kills five aces and seven digs from sophomore Kasey Loring (West Chester, Pa./West Chester East) . Junior Brianna Greer (Philadelphia, Pa./Bishop McDevitt) chipped in four aces, two blocks (one solo) along with two kills.

Alice Vicente tallied 18 kills and 21 digs, both match-highs, along with five service aces.

Trailing 9-6 in the first set, Pratt fired back with six-straight points and nine of the next 12 to take a four-point advantage. GM would keep pace and get it to 19-17, but the Cannoneers scored the next six points to win set one. The second set saw no team lead by more than three points. Gwynedd had a chance to win, leading 24-23 and with the serve, but a kill from Vicente kept Pratt alive. The third set was a parallel to the first, as GM rallied from a 16-12 deficit to take a 19-17 lead but Vicente served up two aces and added a kill as part of the next eight points to clinch it.

Against Wells (25-14, 25-15, 25-13), the Griffins had trouble settling in, hitting in the negative for two of the three sets and overall as a team (14-21-94). Sophomore Laura Kirk (Saegertown, Pa./Maplewood)  totaled seven kills and chipped in 14 digs, both team highs.

The Express (10-6) had four players with five or more kills, led by nine from Anuhea Leite-Ah Yo .

In the middle match, Wells would defeat Pratt 3-0 (25-15, 25-19, 25-15).

Gwynedd Mercy will get back at it next weekend when they head to Cedar Crest for a tri-match with the Falcons and New Jersey City.