Volleyball Preview: Cranston West Falcons vs. Prout Crusaders
The Cranston West Falcons will head out on the road to challenge the Prout Crusaders at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Cranston West is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Westerly, who was ranked 23rd in their home state at the time (Cranston West was ranked 20th). Cranston West walked away with a 3-1 win over Westerly on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Falcons.
Cranston West had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-16, 25-22, 25-16.
Meanwhile, Prout had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over the Thunderbolts.
Prout took Cranston East into a fifth set where they got it done with a ten-point win. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-23, 25-16, 23-25, 15-5.
Jett Cronin and Brooke Rutherford were among the main playmakers for Prout as the former had 20 digs and the latter had six aces and 12 assists. That's the most aces Rutherford has posted since back in September.
Prout was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in three consecutive contests.
Cranston West is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 8-9 record this season. As for Prout, their record now sits at 14-5.
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