Volleyball Game Preview: Clovis West Golden Eagles vs. Centennial Golden Hawks

By Team Reports Oct 26, 2024, 10:14pm

Volleyball Preview: Clovis West Golden Eagles vs. Centennial Golden Hawks

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Clovis West is 8-0 against Centennial since September of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Clovis West Golden Eagles will be playing at home against the Centennial Golden Hawks at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Clovis West is returning to their home court after beating Clovis North on theirs, despite the fact Clovis North has dominated at home this season. Clovis West skirted past Clovis North 3-2.

Clovis West had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 26-28, 21-25, 25-17, 25-21, 15-10.

Kaylynn Nguyen was the offensive standout of the match as she had 15 digs.

Meanwhile, Centennial made easy work of Frontier on Wednesday and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Golden Hawks.

The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-13, 25-21.

Centennial relied on the efforts of Kathryn Wulff-Smith, who had six digs and two aces, and Cooper Madison, who had eight digs.

Centennial was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last five contests.

Clovis West is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 27-10 record this season. As for Centennial, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 26-9.

Clovis West beat Centennial 2-0 when the teams last played back in August of 2022. Will Clovis West repeat their success, or does Centennial have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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