DuPont Manual is ranked highly in their home state and on Friday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Centennial. The DuPont Manual Crimsons came out on top in a nail-biter against the Centennial Coyotes , sneaking past 2-1.
DuPont Manual had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 25-14, 15-7.
Centennial's loss came despite strong showings from Sydnee Smith and Kate Federico. Smith had three digs and two aces, while Federico had ten digs.
DuPont Manual has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-5 record this season. As for Centennial, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 15-5 record this season.
DuPont Manual's road trip will continue as they head out to face Mercy at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Centennial, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 2-0 win against Valley Christian on the 5th.
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