Volleyball Preview: Central and Mclane Square Off

The Central Grizzlies will take on the McLane Highlanders at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.

Central is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Clovis South just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Longhorns by a score of 3-2.

Central couldn't get the win, but they sure gave Clovis South a tough time in the fourth set. The final set scores came out to 25-19, 17-25, 22-25, 35-33, 15-13.

Meanwhile, McLane didn't have quite enough to beat Fresno on Tuesday and fell 3-2. While the Highlanders didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Warriors 25-19 in the first set.

McLane wouldn't go down easily and took Fresno into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 25-19, 25-17, 22-25, 16-14.

McLane has been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven contests. That's left a mark on their 7-17 record this season. As for Central, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 6-1 and their overall record down to 13-12.