Centennial is on a four-game streak of home losses, Shadow Ridge a four-game streak of away losses dating back to last season, but someone's luck is about to change on Thursday. The Centennial Bulldogs will take on the Shadow Ridge Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Centennial is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Palo Verde, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (Centennial was ranked fourth). Everything went Centennial's way against Palo Verde on Monday as Centennial made off with a 3-0 win. The matchup marked the Bulldogs' most dominant victory of the season.
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.
Meanwhile, Shadow Ridge posted their biggest win since August 29th on Monday. They put the hurt on Legacy with a sharp 3-0 victory.
Shadow Ridge never let Legacy on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-8, 25-23, 25-10.
Shadow Ridge was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in five consecutive contests.
Centennial has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-8 record this season. As for Shadow Ridge, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 10-11.
Centennial was able to grind out a solid victory over Shadow Ridge in their previous matchup on Saturday, winning 2-0. Does Centennial have another victory up their sleeve, or will Shadow Ridge turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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