MERIDIAN — Zoe Thiros and Chinma Njoku knew firsthand what the expectations were.

The two seniors were freshmen when they helped Century win its sixth straight 4A state title in 2015.

After two years without state glory, Thiros and Njoku led a new group of Diamondbacks to the top as Century picked up a pair of wins over Bonneville on Saturday at Rocky Mountain High to claim their seventh state title since 2010.

“It’s perfect,” Thiros said. “Having lost the last two years, it was really hard for me and Chinma to end our season like that. We made it a point to come and take it back.”

Century won all four matches it played over the weekend, with its final two coming against the two-time defending 5A state champion Bees.

After beating Columbia and Kuna on Friday, Century had a 20-25, 25-23, 25-16, 25-16 win against Bonneville on Saturday morning, then beat the Bees again after they came around in the elimination bracket, 24-26, 25-23, 25-20, 25-21.

“They believed they could,” second-year Century coach Breanne Robinson said.

After losing to the Diamondbacks in the morning, the Bees beat Middleton 21-25, 25-23, 23-12, 25-23. Having to play extra sets, however, took its toll on the team, Bonneville coach Chantal McMurtrey said.

“Every time you have to play another set, it takes more out of you,” said McMurtey, who was going for her fifth state title with the Bees. “Those aren’t slouchy games. They’re working their guts out. It definitely wears on you.

“It’s really important to win that first semifinal game, and we didn’t play well in it.”

In the championship match, Bonneville won a back-and-forth first set in which the Diamondbacks erased Bonneville leads of 9-4 and 19-14.

But with the game tied at 24, Century failed to get an attack over the net, giving Bonneville a lead and Sade Williams lobbed one over the net that the Diamondbacks were unable to return.

But just like their first match with the Bees, the Diamondbacks won three straight sets after dropping the first one.

“We gathered up together and were like, ‘Hey, it’s no big deal, that was our mistake. We’re way better than that. Let’s do our job and just play,’” said Njoku, who had seven blocks in the championship round.

The second set was another close one as the two teams were tied 22-22 before the Diamondbacks pulled away with three of the next four points.

A Thiros kill put Century on the verge of tying the match and a service error by Bonneville gave the Diamondbacks a win in the set.

After jumping out to an early lead in the third set, Century held off any attempt by Bonneville to get back into the set.

But in the fourth and deciding set, Century had to come from behind. The Bees led 18-13 before back-to-back kills by Njoku and Thiros sparked a 6-1 run to tie the game at 20. Thiros and Njoku finished the championship round with 31 combined kills.

“We were down, but hey, it’s no problem for the Diamondbacks,” said Thiros, who also had 23 digs and five blocks. “No matter what, we keep coming back, we don’t stop, we’re relentless. Just knowing we were going to win is what brought us together in the end.”

After Williams gave the Bees the lead back with the kill, Century scored six of the final seven points and after an attack by Abby Christensen — who had 13 kills in the final match — hit off a Bonneville player and out of play, the Diamondbacks were back on top, after two years away.

“Last year, they were really disappointed and it was the same group of kids, because we were really young,” Robinson said. “They were really disappointed with our state finish last year, and I think it kind of fueled them the whole season this year.”