South Kingstown and East Greenwich are an even 3-3 against one another since April of 2021, but not for long. The South Kingstown Rebels are on the road again on Monday to play the East Greenwich Avengers at 6:30 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
South Kingstown is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Cranston West, who was ranked 23rd in their home state at the time (South Kingstown was ranked eighth). South Kingstown walked away with a 3-1 win over Cranston West on Friday.
Meanwhile, everything went East Greenwich's way against Classical on Thursday as East Greenwich made off with a 3-0 victory.
East Greenwich's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Classical between 15 and 17 points across their sets. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-17, 25-15.
Among those leading the charge was Hannah Gaffney, who had five digs, four kills, and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: East Greenwich was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in five consecutive games.
South Kingstown has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-8 record this season. As for East Greenwich, their win bumped their record up to 8-6.
South Kingstown might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from East Greenwich in their previous meeting back in September. Can South Kingstown avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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