On Monday, Middletown faced North Smithfield in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Middletown Islanders walked away with a 3-1 win over the North Smithfield Northmen. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Islanders.
Middletown 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 23-25, 25-20, 26-24, 25-18.
Leading Middletown to victory were Maighan Parsley and Aidan Reilly. Parsley had 18 digs, five aces, and a kill, while Reilly had 16 digs, ten kills, and nine aces. Reilly is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last ten games she's played dating back to last season.
Middletown is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. As for North Smithfield, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-4.
Middletown wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, a 3-0 victory against Exeter-West Greenwich on the 10th. North Smithfield has also already played their next contest, a 3-1 win against West Warwick on the 9th.
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