The Centennial Knights snuck past the Mount Pisgah Christian Patriots with a 3-2 win on Wednesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Knights.
Centennial was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (106-101), but they still managed to win. The final set scores came out to 13-25, 25-21, 25-23, 23-25, 15-12.
Keeley Thomas paced Centennial's offense, picking up 11 kills. Thomas got some help from Cydnee Castille and her 16 assists. Franki Lo controlled things from the service line, finishing with four aces.
Mount Pisgah Christian's loss came despite strong showings from Sophia Nasieku and Elim Birhan. Nasieku had 21 kills, 19 digs, and two aces, while Birhan had 16 assists, 15 kills, and 15 digs. Another player making a difference was Emily Childress, who had 15 digs and three aces.
Centennial's victory brought them up to 8-19. As for Mount Pisgah Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 22-15.
Centennial didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 2-0 defeat against St. Pius X Catholic on the 17th. After both having extra time off, Mount Pisgah Christian and Mount Vernon will shake off the cobwebs and hit the court against one another at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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