Lady Centaurs Headed to CIF Finals

The Centaurs swept the Quartz Hill (27-3) Lady Rebels 3-0 --

25-18, 25-18, 25-19. Lena Johnson was named Player of the game. She led the Centaurs with 10 kills and 8 digs. Jessica Stewart and Megan Shimoda each had 10 assists. The Centaurs played one of their best matches so far this season, having only 5 receiving errors, while serving 10 aces and making 17 blocks on the much larger Quartz Hill team.

The Centaurs move on to play Tri-Valley champion, La Reina, this Friday at Cerritos College at 2pm.

La Reina (21-7) of Thousand Oaks lost only two sets while going undefeated (12-0) in the Tri-Valley League. The Regents beat Alemany in a five-set nail-biter to make to this season's finals.

They are ranked 140th in the State while Culver is ranked 184.

La Reina, riding a 7-game win-streak is no stranger to post-season play. The Regents lost in the CIF Division 4AA Finals in 2013, and also lost in the CIF SoCal State Finals, in 2014. Last year, La Reina was knocked out of the playoffs in the quarter-finals by Archer Girls School.

The Centaurs and Regents face-off Friday, Veterans Day, at 2pm at Cerritos College. The supporters' bus will leave the school at noon, Friday. Tickets for the game will be sold at the school this Thursday.