After nine games on the road, Mountain View is heading back home. They will welcome the Centennial Patriots at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, Mountain View was able to grind out a solid win over Borah, taking the game 3-1.
Mountain View had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-14, 25-14, 25-20.
Zara Churchwell was the offensive standout of the match as she had 12 digs.
Mountain View was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last 16 contests.
Meanwhile, Centennial faced Eagle in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. Centennial narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Eagle 3-2.
Centennial was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 15-25, 16-25, 25-18, 15-11.
Mountain View is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-10 record this season. As for Centennial, their win bumped their record up to 17-3-1.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's matchup: Mountain View has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.6 aces per game. However, it's not like Centennial struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.9. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Mountain View skirted past Centennial 3-2 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Will Mountain View repeat their success, or does Centennial have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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