The Portsmouth Patriots are taking a road trip to face off against the La Salle Academy Rams at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Portsmouth is coming into the game hot, having won their last five games.
Portsmouth is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Chariho, who was ranked tenth in their home state at the time (Portsmouth was ranked second). Portsmouth won by a set and slipped past Chariho 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (109-105) Portsmouth actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 19-25, 25-20, 28-26, 18-25, 15-13.
Meanwhile, La Salle Academy unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Monday. They fell 3-1 to South Kingstown.
Portsmouth's victory bumped their record up to 10-1. As for La Salle Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 10-3.
Portsmouth was able to grind out a solid win over La Salle Academy when the teams last played two weeks ago, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Portsmouth since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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