Centennial and Liberty are an even 3-3 against one another since August of 2021, but not for long. The Centennial Bulldogs will square off against the Liberty Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Centennial is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
Centennial is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Arbor View, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (Centennial was ranked sixth). Centennial came out on top in a nail-biter against Arbor View on Tuesday, sneaking past 3-2.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Centennial got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 20-25, 25-11, 19-25, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Liberty waltzed into their match on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Everything went their way against the Diamondbacks as they made off with a 3-0 victory.
Liberty never let Desert Oasis on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-22, 25-15.
Centennial's win ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 21-10. As for Liberty, they have been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 14 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-8 record this season.
Centennial came up short against Liberty in their previous matchup back in September, falling 3-1. Can Centennial avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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