A feisty cat fight will be fought when Panthers challenges the Kirksville Tigers at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, Centralia got the win against Montgomery County by a conclusive 3-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Panthers.
Centralia walked away with the win (and looked especially good in the third set). The final score came out to 25-23, 25-23, 25-14.
Meanwhile, Kirksville sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Fulton on Thursday.
Kirksville was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-15, 23-25, 25-20, 15-13.
Sydney Cochran and Cambria Hart were among the main playmakers for Kirksville as the former had four digs and two aces and the latter had 40 digs and four aces. Cochran is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last four games she's played.
Centralia has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 10-15 record this season. As for Kirksville, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 10-12.
Centralia came up short against Kirksville when the teams last played back in September, falling 2-0. Can Centralia avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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