It was a proper cat-fight when Central challenged Deshler on Thursday. The Central Wildcats had just enough and edged the Deshler Tigers out 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wildcats.
Central had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 23-25, 21-25, 25-23, 25-19, 15-11.
Leading Central to victory were Anna Neal and Alexis Fielder. Neal had ten digs, while Fielder had 22 kills and four digs. Fielder has been hot recently, having posted five or more kills the last 18 times she's played.
Central 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 eight aces in three consecutive games.
Deshler's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Landen Mccalpin, who had 17 digs. The team also got some help courtesy of Kendall Scogin, who had 12 digs and two kills.
Central is on a roll lately: they've won 32 of their last 39 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 43-13 record this season. As for Deshler, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 42-10.
As of now, neither Central nor Deshler have any future games scheduled.
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