Volleyball Preview: Scituate Spartans vs. Johnston Panthers
The Scituate Spartans will face off against the Johnston Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Scituate is coming into the match hot, having won their last four games.
Scituate is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Tolman, who was ranked tenth in their home state at the time (Scituate was ranked 20th). Scituate came out on top against Tolman by a score of 3-1 on Wednesday.
Scituate had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 24-26, 25-21, 25-20, 25-16.
Meanwhile, Johnston came into Tuesday's contest having lost five straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. Everything went their way against Providence Country Day on Tuesday as Johnston made off with a 3-0 win. The matchup marked the Panthers' most dominant victory of the season.
Scituate pushed their record up to 9-3 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Johnston, their victory ended a six-game drought on the road and puts them at 3-11.
Scituate came out on top in a nail-biter against Johnston when the teams last played on Thursday, sneaking past 3-2. Will Scituate repeat their success, or does Johnston have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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