The Portsmouth Patriots will play host again on Tuesday to welcome the Coventry Oakers, where the match is scheduled at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Portsmouth is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: La Salle Academy, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (Portsmouth was ranked second). Portsmouth walked away with a 3-1 victory over La Salle Academy on Monday.
Portsmouth had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-13, 26-24, 25-16.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Portsmouth to victory, but perhaps none more so than Hailey Labonte, who had 17 kills, 15 digs, and 15 digs. Labonte is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had ten or more in the last ten games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Caitlin Mediate, who had 15 digs, two aces, and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Portsmouth was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 25 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Coventry can finally bid farewell to their seven-game losing streak dating back to last season thanks to their game on Wednesday. They came out on top against Classical by a score of 3-1.
Coventry had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-23, 25-17, 25-18.
Portsmouth pushed their record up to 7-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Coventry, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-6.
Portsmouth came out on top in a nail-biter against Coventry when the teams last played on September 5th, sneaking past 3-2. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Coventry's Julia Ambrosia, who had 23 digs and three aces. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Portsmouth still be able to contain Ambrosia? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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