The Las Cruces Bulldawgs will take on the Centennial Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Las Cruces sitting on 20 straight victories dating back to last season and Centennial on four.
Last Saturday, Las Cruces got the win against Alamogordo by a conclusive 3-0.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Las Cruces took every set by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-9, 25-12.
Las Cruces can attribute much of their success to Emma Rose Barrera, who had seven digs and two aces, and Jaden Holguin, who had seven digs and two aces. Those two aces gave Holguin a new career-high.
She wasn't the only good server: Las Cruces was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 14 consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Centennial beat Organ Mountain 3-1 on Saturday.
The final score came out to 25-12, 28-26, 15-25, 25-14.
Las Cruces pushed their record up to 17-0 with the win, which was their 16th straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Centennial, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season.
Everything went Las Cruces' way against Centennial in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, as Las Cruces made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Las Cruces repeat their success, or does Centennial have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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