North Smithfield is 1-7 against Barrington since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. After both having extra time off, both will shake off the cobwebs and square off against one another at 5:00 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
North Smithfield is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over Westerly.
The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 22-25, 25-19, 25-22.
North Smithfield can attribute much of their success to Abby Roden, who had 17 digs.
North Smithfield was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in 17 consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Barrington waltzed into their contest last Wednesday with 13 straight wins... but they left with 14. They blew past the Broncos 3-0.
Barrington walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the first set). The final score came out to 25-13, 25-20, 25-18.
North Smithfield has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. As for Barrington, they pushed their record up to 16-2 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's matchup: North Smithfield has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 15.6 aces per game. However, it's not like Barrington struggles in that department as they've been averaging 24.1. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
North Smithfield suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Barrington when the teams last played two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Barrington's Morgan Martin, who had 11 digs and 11 aces. Now that North Smithfield knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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