North Kingstown is 9-1 against Chariho since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The North Kingstown Skippers have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Chariho Chargers at 6:30 p.m. North Kingstown will be strutting in after a victory while Chariho will be coming in after a defeat.
North Kingstown is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Cranston West, who was ranked 21st in their home state at the time (North Kingstown was ranked first). North Kingstown was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Cranston West on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Chariho came up short against East Greenwich on Wednesday and fell 3-1. The Chargers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-15, 17-25, 25-22.
Chariho's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Grace Macleod, who had 12 digs and two aces, and Erin OLeary, who had six kills, six digs, and two aces. Macleod is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season.
Even though they lost, Chariho was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in ten consecutive matches.
North Kingstown pushed their record up to 13-0 with the win, which was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Chariho, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-8.
Everything went North Kingstown's way against Chariho when the teams last played back in September, as North Kingstown made off with a 3-0 victory. Does North Kingstown have another victory up their sleeve, or will Chariho turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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