Cienega faced Arizona College Prep in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. The Bobcats came up short against the Knights, falling 3-0. The shutout was out of character for the Bobcats seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in March.
Cienega was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-8, 25-23, 25-21.
Derek Zobrist-Carroll paced Cienega's offense, picking up nine kills. Zobrist-Carroll got some help from Caiden Mott and his 20 assists. Finally, Andrew Keen and Jaden Clark kept the team grounded on defense, each having blocked four attacks.
Cienega's loss ended an eight-game streak of away wins and brought them to 25-6. As for Arizona College Prep, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 25-7 record this season.
As of now, neither Cienega nor Arizona College Prep have any future games scheduled.
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