Volleyball Game Preview: North Kingstown Skippers vs. Bishop Hendricken Hawks

North Kingstown has gone 9-1 against Bishop Hendricken recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Skippers will challenge the Hawks at 6:30 p.m. North Kingstown will come into the contest with an undefeated record on the line.

North Kingstown is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Cranston East, who was ranked fourth at the time (North Kingstown was ranked first). The Skippers came out on top against the Thunderbolts by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday.

While North Kingstown might've won, it sure wasn't easy: Cranston East scored at least 18 points in every set they played. The final score came out to 25-21, 26-24, 23-25, 25-18.

Jayden Yang

Digs

04/29/25 @ Cranston East	2
04/26/25 vs West Caldwell Tech	1
04/24/25 @ East Providence	2

North Kingstown can attribute much of their success to Jayden Yang, who had 43 assists and two aces, and Stephen Dufour, who had 20 digs. What's more, Yang posted two digs, the most he's had over his last three games.

Meanwhile, Bishop Hendricken came up short against Classical on Tuesday and fell 3-1. The Hawks haven't had much luck with the Purple recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.

Bishop Hendricken's loss dropped their record down to 5-4. As for North Kingstown, their victory was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 16-0.

North Kingstown took their win against Bishop Hendricken in their previous matchup back in April by a conclusive 3-0 score. Will the Skippers repeat their success, or do the Hawks have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.