On Monday, Centennial faced Palo Verde in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Centennial Bulldogs put the hurt on the Palo Verde Panthers with a sharp 3-0 victory. That three set margin sets a new team best for the Bulldogs this season.
A big factor in the win was Centennial's feisty defense: they held Palo Verde to fewer and fewer points set over set. The final score came out to 25-23, 25-22, 25-16.
Centennial can attribute much of their success to Kiersten Cummings, who had seven digs. What's more, Cummings also racked up no blocks, the mostshe's had in her last three matches.
The win made it two in a row for Centennial and bumps their season record up to 19-8. As for Palo Verde, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 9-9.
Centennial didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 3-2 loss vs. Shadow Ridge on the 26th. As for Palo Verde, they will welcome Durango at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.
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