The Lincoln Lions will take on the North Smithfield Northmen at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
Lincoln is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Mt. Hope, who was ranked 15th in their home state at the time (Lincoln was ranked tenth). Lincoln fell just short of Mt. Hope by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. The Lions haven't had much luck with the Huskies recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, North Smithfield hadn't done well against West Warwick recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. North Smithfield walked away with a 3-1 win over West Warwick.
The final score came out to 25-12, 15-25, 25-20, 25-9.
North Smithfield can attribute much of their success to Abby Roden, who had nine digs.
North Smithfield was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in 12 consecutive matchups.
Lincoln's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-3. As for North Smithfield, their victory bumped their record up to 8-4.
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