On Tuesday, Prout faced East Greenwich in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Prout Crusaders had just enough and edged the East Greenwich Avengers out 3-2. For the Crusaders, this counts as revenge for the 3-1 defeat the Avengers walked away with the last time they faced one another back in September of 2023.
Prout wouldn't go down easily and took East Greenwich into a fifth set where they got it done with a three-point win. The final score came out to 25-17, 25-16, 21-25, 13-25, 15-12.
Jett Cronin had a dynamite game for Prout, getting 22 digs and three aces. Those three aces gave Cronin a new career-high.
Loss or not, East Greenwich got some senior leadership from Allison Guerzon and Amanda Duke. Guerzon had 19 digs, while Duke had five digs, five aces, and a kill.
Prout has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. As for East Greenwich, they moved to 7-6 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak.
Prout has already played their next contest, a 3-1 win against La Salle Academy on the 17th. As for East Greenwich, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 3-0 victory against Classical on the 17th.
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