The Tolman Tigers will venture away from home to face off against the Providence Country Day Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Tolman is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
Tolman is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Hope, who was ranked 20th in their home state at the time (Tolman was ranked 12th). Tolman came out on top against Hope by a score of 3-1 on Friday.
Tolman was especially dominant in the fourth set. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-23, 20-25, 25-13.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Tolman to victory, but perhaps none more so than Davina Kodua, who had five kills, four digs, and two blocks. That's the most blocks Kodua has posted since back in September of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Clara Perez, who had eight aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Tolman was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in six consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Providence Country Day and Wheeler met for a duel on Saturday where Providence Country Day came out on top. Providence Country Day had just enough and edged Wheeler out 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Knights.
Tolman's win bumped their record up to 13-4. As for Providence Country Day, their victory ended a nine-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-14.
Tolman suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Providence Country Day in their previous meeting back in October of 2022. Can Tolman avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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