Volleyball Preview: Campo Verde Coyotes vs. Centennial Coyotes
The Campo Verde Coyotes will venture away from home to challenge the Centennial Coyotes at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Campo Verde is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Lake Havasu as Campo Verde made off with a 3-0 victory.
One reason for the win was Campo Verde's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-15, 25-13.
Alayna Kitch and Camryn Ingersoll were among the main playmakers for Campo Verde as the former had nine digs and 17 assists and the latter had nine digs and three aces.
Campo Verde 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 17 consecutive games.
If Kellis wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Centennial, they should've done a better job of containing Kate Federico. Centennial put the hurt on Kellis with a sharp 3-0 win last Wednesday thanks in part to Federico, who had nine digs and seven aces. She is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last six games she's played.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Centennial was: they took every set by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-8, 25-15.
Campo Verde has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 14-16 record this season. As for Centennial, they pushed their record up to 28-9 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Everything went Campo Verde's way against Centennial in their previous matchup back in October of 2021, as Campo Verde made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Campo Verde since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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