After both having extra time off, the East Greenwich Avengers and the Coventry Oakers will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
East Greenwich 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 (East Greenwich was ranked ninth). East Greenwich came up short against North Kingstown on Tuesday, falling 3-0. The Avengers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
While East Greenwich was not able to make it on the board, they still kept things close, especially in the second set. The final score came out to 25-11, 25-22, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Coventry came up short against Portsmouth on Tuesday and fell 3-1.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-6, 18-25, 25-19, 25-21.
East Greenwich now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Coventry, they dropped their record down to 1-8 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road.
East Greenwich came out on top in a nail-biter against Coventry in their previous matchup back in September, sneaking past 3-2. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Coventry's Julia Ambrosia, who had 40 digs and four aces. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will East Greenwich still be able to contain Ambrosia? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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