Volleyball Preview: Burrillville Broncos vs. North Smithfield Northmen
Burrillville is 1-9 against North Smithfield since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Burrillville Broncos will head out to take on the North Smithfield Northmen at 6:30 p.m. Both are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Burrillville is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Lincoln, who was ranked 13th in their home state at the time (Burrillville was ranked 17th). Burrillville put the hurt on Lincoln with a sharp 3-0 victory on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Broncos.
Meanwhile, North Smithfield had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Bengals.
North Smithfield walked away with the win (and looked especially good in the second set). The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-15, 25-21.
North Smithfield was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in 14 consecutive contests.
Burrillville is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season. As for North Smithfield, their victory bumped their record up to 10-4.
Burrillville came up short against North Smithfield when the teams last played back in September of 2022, falling 3-1. Can Burrillville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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