Volleyball Preview: East Providence Townies vs. Portsmouth Patriots
The East Providence Townies will head out to square off against the Portsmouth Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as East Providence comes in on four and Portsmouth on ten.
East Providence is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Chariho, who was ranked 13th in their home state at the time (East Providence was ranked third). East Providence walked away with a 3-1 victory over Chariho on Wednesday.
East Providence was especially dominant in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-15, 26-28, 25-18.
Meanwhile, Portsmouth and South Kingstown met for a duel on Wednesday where Portsmouth came out on top. Everything went Portsmouth's way against South Kingstown as Portsmouth made off with a 3-0 win.
East Providence is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season. As for Portsmouth, they pushed their record up to 15-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
East Providence skirted past Portsmouth 3-2 when the teams last played back in September of 2022. The rematch might be a little tougher for East Providence since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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