The Tolman Tigers will venture away from home to square off against the North Smithfield Northmen at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Tolman is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Johnston, who was ranked 19th at the time (Tolman was ranked 11th). The Tigers fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 3-2 on Wednesday. While the Tigers didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Panthers 25-20 in the first set.
Tolman actually scored more points across those five sets (106-92), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The final score came out to 20-25, 25-22, 25-23, 7-25, 15-11.
Meanwhile, North Smithfield was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss. They lost 3-0 to East Providence.
Tolman's defeat dropped their record down to 9-4. As for North Smithfield, their loss dropped their record down to 1-9.
Tolman couldn't quite get it done against North Smithfield when the teams last played back in May of 2021 as they fell 3-1. Can the Tigers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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