The Ponaganset Chieftains will challenge the Mt. Pleasant Kilties at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The timing is sure in Ponaganset's favor as the team sits on eight straight wins at home while Mt. Pleasant has been banged up by five consecutive losses on the road.
Ponaganset is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Central Falls, who was ranked 14th in their home state at the time (Ponaganset was ranked 16th). Ponaganset narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Central Falls 3-2.
Meanwhile, Mt. Pleasant came up short against Shea on Friday and fell 3-1.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-18, 23-25, 25-15.
Ponaganset is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. As for Mt. Pleasant, their loss dropped their record down to 1-12.
Everything went Ponaganset's way against Mt. Pleasant in their previous meeting back in September of 2015, as Ponaganset made off with a 3-0 victory. Does Ponaganset have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mt. Pleasant turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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