North Kingstown is on an 18-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Cranston East is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Skippers will welcome the Thunderbolts at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
North Kingstown is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Barrington, who was ranked 21st at the time (North Kingstown was ranked first). The Skippers blew past the Eagles 3-0 on Thursday.
The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-10, 25-16.
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North Kingstown had a senior duo take command as Stephen Dufour had 14 digs and three aces and Evan Shea had 18 assists and ten digs. Those three aces set a new season-high mark for Dufour.
Meanwhile, Cranston East got the win against Barrington on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-9, 25-20, 25-14.
North Kingstown's victory bumped their record up to 19-0. As for Cranston East, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season.
North Kingstown was able to grind out a solid win over Cranston East when the teams last played last Tuesday, winning 3-1. Do the Skippers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Thunderbolts turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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