On Tuesday, East Greenwich faced Prout in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The East Greenwich Avengers fell just short of the Prout Crusaders by a score of 3-2. The Avengers were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Crusaders apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in September of 2023.
East Greenwich wouldn't go down easily and took Prout into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking three-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-16, 21-25, 13-25, 15-12.
Defeat or not, East Greenwich got some senior leadership from Allison Guerzon and Amanda Duke. Guerzon had 19 digs, while Duke had five digs, five aces, and a kill. That's the most aces Duke has posted since back in September of 2023.
Even though they lost, East Greenwich 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 seven aces in four consecutive matches.
Jett Cronin had an outrageously good game for Prout as she had 22 digs and three aces.
The loss snapped East Greenwich's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 7-6 record. As for Prout, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season.
East Greenwich didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 3-0 win against Classical on the 17th. As for Prout, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 3-1 victory against La Salle Academy on the 17th.
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