Centennial is on a four-game streak of home losses, Shadow Ridge a four-game streak of away losses dating back to last season, but someone's luck is about to change on Thursday. The Centennial Bulldogs will face off against the Shadow Ridge Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Centennial is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Palo Verde, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (Centennial was ranked fourth). Centennial blew past Palo Verde 3-0 on Monday. That looming 3-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Bulldogs yet 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 match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-22, 25-16.
Meanwhile, Shadow Ridge posted their biggest victory since August 29th on Monday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Legacy.
Shadow Ridge never let Legacy on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-8, 25-23, 25-10.
Centennial is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-8 record this season. As for Shadow Ridge, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 8-11.
Centennial beat Shadow Ridge 2-0 in their previous meeting on Saturday. Does Centennial have another victory up their sleeve, or will Shadow Ridge turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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