La Salle Academy has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will head out to take on the Cranston East Thunderbolts at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. La Salle Academy will be strutting in after a win while Cranston East will be coming in after a loss.
La Salle Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: East Providence, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (La Salle Academy was ranked fourth). La Salle Academy put the hurt on East Providence with a sharp 3-0 victory on Tuesday.
La Salle Academy didn't let East Providence take a single set, but it sure wasn't easy: every set was decided by three points or less. The match finished with set scores of 28-26, 25-23, 27-25.
Meanwhile, Cranston East was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Westerly.
La Salle Academy is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. As for Cranston East, their loss dropped their record down to 1-8.
La Salle Academy took their win against Cranston East when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for La Salle Academy since the squad 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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