North Kingstown is 10-0 against Chariho since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The North Kingstown Skippers will be playing at home against the Chariho Chargers at 5:30 p.m. North Kingstown is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
North Kingstown extended their road winning streak to 16 games dating back to last season thanks to a huge performance from Hannah Fratus. Everything went North Kingstown's way against Coventry on Wednesday as North Kingstown made off with a 3-0 win thanks in part to Fratus, who had four aces and three digs. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces.
North Kingstown was especially dominant in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-18, 25-21.
North Kingstown was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 15 consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Chariho had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They won by a set and slipped past the Falcons 3-2.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Chariho got the one that really mattered. The final score came out to 25-21, 19-25, 25-20, 24-26, 15-8.
Kaitlyn Smallridge and Alexis Korus were among the main playmakers for Chariho as the former had five aces and four digs and the latter had ten kills.
North Kingstown's victory bumped their record up to 17-0. As for Chariho, their win bumped their record up to 8-12.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's game: North Kingstown has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 11 aces per game. However, it's not like Chariho struggles in that department as they've been averaging 12.8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went North Kingstown's way against Chariho in their previous meeting on October 11th, as North Kingstown made off with a 3-0 victory. Does North Kingstown have another victory up their sleeve, or will Chariho turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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