The Coventry Oakers will face off against the Cranston East Thunderbolts at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Coventry came up short against East Providence on Tuesday, falling 3-0. The Oakers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Coventry was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made East Providence work for it, especially in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 26-24, 25-19, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Cranston East made easy work of East Greenwich on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 victory. The win continues a trend for the Thunderbolts in their matchups with the Avengers: they've now won four in a row.
Cranston East got the W, but it wasn't easy, at least in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-22, 31-29.
Coventry's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Cranston East, their victory was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 2-1.
Coventry suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Cranston East when the teams last played back in May of 2024. Can the Oakers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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