On Wednesday, Portsmouth faced South Kingstown in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Portsmouth Patriots put the hurt on the South Kingstown Rebels with a sharp 3-0 victory. The Patriots have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Rebels, too.
While Portsmouth won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 26-24, 25-12.
Portsmouth was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 11 aces in three consecutive games.
Portsmouth pushed their record up to 15-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for South Kingstown, the loss snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 9-9 record.
Portsmouth will welcome East Providence at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. East Providence will roll in looking for their fifth straight victory, something Portsmouth surely won't give up without a fight. South Kingstown does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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