Shadow Ridge and Centennial are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2016, but not for long. The Shadow Ridge Mustangs are taking a road trip to challenge 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 game having just posted their biggest win since August 29th on Monday. Everything went their way against Legacy as Shadow Ridge made off with a 3-0 victory.
While Shadow Ridge won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The final score came out to 25-8, 25-23, 25-10.
Meanwhile, Centennial faced Palo Verde in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Monday. Centennial blew past Palo Verde 3-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bulldogs.
A big factor in the win was Centennial's feisty defense: they held Palo Verde to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 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 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-8 record this season.
Shadow Ridge came up short against Centennial in their previous meeting on Saturday, falling 2-0. Can Shadow Ridge avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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