Volleyball Preview: Centennial Bulldogs vs. Cimarron-Memorial Spartans
Centennial is 10-0 against Cimarron-Memorial since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Centennial Bulldogs will head out on the road to face off against the Cimarron-Memorial Spartans at 6:00 p.m. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Centennial has struggled recently with five losses in a row, while Cimarron-Memorial will arrive with three straight victories.
Centennial is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Coronado, who was ranked second in their home state at the time (Centennial was ranked fifth). Centennial fell just short of Coronado by a score of 3-2 on Thursday.
Centennial took Coronado into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking seven-point loss. After all that action, the final score was 23-25, 25-16, 22-25, 25-17, 15-8.
Despite the defeat, Centennial had strong showings from Brooke Cummings, who had nine digs and five aces, and Kiersten Cummings, who had 13 digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave Brooke a new career-high in aces.
Even though they lost, Centennial was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 26 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Cimarron-Memorial made easy work of Desert Pines on Monday and carried off a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Cimarron-Memorial was: they took every set by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-11, 25-12.
Centennial's loss dropped their record down to 14-6. As for Cimarron-Memorial, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season.
Centennial beat Cimarron-Memorial 2-0 in their previous meeting back in August. Will Centennial repeat their success, or does Cimarron-Memorial have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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