Central is 2-8 against Prairie Ridge since October of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Central Rockets will face off against the Prairie Ridge Wolves at 6:00 p.m. Central is coming into the game hot, having won their last four games.
Central will bounce into Thursday's matchup after beating Jacobs, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Central came out on top against Jacobs by a score of 2-0 on Tuesday.
While Central won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 27-25.
Central was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in five consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Prairie Ridge, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Saturday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over Dundee-Crown on Tuesday.
Prairie Ridge never let Dundee-Crown on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 25-12.
Central is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-6 record this season. As for Prairie Ridge, they pushed their record up to 19-8 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Central came up short against Prairie Ridge when the teams last played back in September, falling 2-0. Can Central avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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