Shadow Ridge and Centennial are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2016, but not for long. The Shadow Ridge Mustangs will venture away from home to take on the Centennial Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Shadow Ridge is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Shadow Ridge is headed into the matchup having just posted their biggest win since August 29th on Monday. They blew past Legacy 3-0.
While Shadow Ridge won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-23, 25-10.
Meanwhile, Centennial faced Palo Verde in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Monday. Everything went Centennial's way against Palo Verde as Centennial made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bulldogs.
One reason for the win was Centennial's dynamic defense, which allowed fewer and fewer points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 25-22, 25-16.
Shadow Ridge's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 8-11. As for Centennial, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-8 record this season.
Shadow Ridge came up short against Centennial in their previous matchup on Saturday, falling 2-0. Can Shadow Ridge avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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