The Saugus Centurions will challenge the Polytechnic Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Saugus is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last three games.
Saugus is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Pacifica Christian/Santa Monica as they made off with a 3-0 victory.
The match came down to the wire multiple times:two sets needed extra rallies to declare a winner. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 26-24, 28-26, 25-13.

Emily Tran
| 10/22/25 vs Pacifica Christian/Santa Monica | 4 |
| 10/15/25 vs Castaic | 0 |
| 10/14/25 @ Hart | 1 |
| 10/07/25 vs West Ranch | 1 |
| 10/03/25 @ Valencia | 2 |
| 09/30/25 vs Golden Valley | 9 |
Emily Tran and Bailey Posey were among the main playmakers for Saugus as the former had nine digs and four aces and the latter had 18 assists and three digs. That's the most aces Tran has posted since back in September.
They weren't the only good servers: Saugus was lethal from the service line and finished the match with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Wednesday Polytechnic sidestepped Santa Monica for a 3-2 win.
Polytechnic took Santa Monica into a fifth set where they got it done with a ten-point win. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 27-25, 25-23, 24-26, 15-5.
Saugus' victory bumped their record up to 31-7. As for Polytechnic, their win bumped their record up to 17-5.
Everything went Saugus' way against Polytechnic when the teams last played back in October of 2022, as Saugus made off with a 3-0 victory. Will the Centurions repeat their success, or do the Panthers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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