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 challenge the Shadow Ridge Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior 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). Centennial was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Palo Verde on Monday. That three set margin sets a new team best for the Bulldogs this 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 victory since August 29th on Monday. Everything went their way against Legacy as Shadow Ridge made off with a 3-0 win.
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.
Centennial has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-8 record this season. As for Shadow Ridge, their victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 8-11.
Centennial was able to grind out a solid win over Shadow Ridge in their previous matchup on Saturday, winning 2-0. Will Centennial repeat their success, or does Shadow Ridge have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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