Sunrise Mountain is 8-2 against Centennial since November of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Sunrise Mountain Mustangs are on the road again to play the Centennial Coyotes at 6:00 p.m.
Sunrise Mountain is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Liberty, who was ranked 17th in their home state at the time (Sunrise Mountain was ranked sixth). Sunrise Mountain took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Liberty on Thursday. The Mustangs' defeat signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, Centennial had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Wednesday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Wildcats.
Centennial had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 25-27, 25-14, 25-14, 25-17.
Sunrise Mountain's loss ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 28-8. As for Centennial, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 27-8 record this season.
Sunrise Mountain took their win against Centennial in their previous matchup on October 2nd by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Sunrise Mountain since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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