Volleyball Preview: La Salle Academy Rams vs. North Kingstown Skippers
La Salle Academy hasn't had much luck against North Kingstown recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The La Salle Academy Rams will challenge the North Kingstown Skippers at 6:30 p.m.
La Salle Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Prout, who was ranked sixth in their home state at the time (La Salle Academy was ranked fourth). La Salle Academy fell 3-1 to Prout on Thursday.
While La Salle Academy ultimately came up short, they didn't go down without a fight: they scored at least 19 points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 21-25, 25-22, 25-21.
Meanwhile, North Kingstown put another one in the bag on Tuesday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Coventry 3-0.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-14, 25-20.
North Kingstown was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 13 consecutive matches.
La Salle Academy's loss dropped their record down to 11-5. As for North Kingstown, their win was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 15-0.
La Salle Academy suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to North Kingstown in their previous matchup back in September. Can La Salle Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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