After two games on the road, La Salle Academy is heading back home. They will welcome the East Greenwich Avengers at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
La Salle Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: North Kingstown, who was ranked first in their home state at the time (La Salle Academy was ranked fourth). La Salle Academy fell 3-1 to North Kingstown on Monday. The Rams have struggled against the Skippers recently, as their game on Monday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-8, 25-16, 24-26, 25-19.
Meanwhile, East Greenwich also suffered a loss in their last game, but this one to South Kingstown by a score of 3-1. While the Avengers didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Rebels 25-23 in the first set.
East Greenwich started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-17, 26-24, 25-22.
Defeat or not, East Greenwich got some senior leadership from Amanda Duke and Abby Guerzon. Duke had eight digs and four aces, while Guerzon had seven digs and 12 assists. Duke is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served three or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season.
La Salle Academy's loss dropped their record down to 11-6. As for East Greenwich, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-7.
Everything went La Salle Academy's way against East Greenwich when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as La Salle Academy made off with a 3-0 victory. Will La Salle Academy repeat their success, or does East Greenwich have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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