The North Kingstown Skippers will take on the East Providence Townies at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. North Kingstown is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
North Kingstown is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Coventry, who was ranked 17th at the time (North Kingstown was ranked first). The Skippers were the clear victors by a 3-0 margin over the Oakers on Tuesday.
The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-12, 25-21.
North Kingstown can attribute much of their success to Stephen Dufour, who had 12 digs and one assist.
North Kingstown couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 48.6% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was was before the start of last season.
Meanwhile, East Providence hadn't done well against Cranston West recently (they were 0-5 in their previous five matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. The Townies blew past the Falcons 3-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Townies.
East Providence never let Cranston West on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-17, 28-26.
North Kingstown pushed their record up to 7-0 with the victory, which was their 16th straight at home dating back to last season. As for East Providence, their win bumped their record up to 5-3.
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