East Providence is on a nine-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while North Kingstown is on a seven-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Townies will welcome the Skippers at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
East Providence is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Cranston West, who was ranked 14th at the time (East Providence was ranked 12th). The Townies were the clear victors by a 3-0 margin over the Falcons on Tuesday.
East Providence never let Cranston West on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The final score came out to 25-14, 25-17, 28-26.
Meanwhile, North Kingstown made easy work of Coventry on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 victory. The win continues a trend for the Skippers in their matchups with the Oakers: they've now won eight in a row.
The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-12, 25-21.
East Providence better keep an eye on Stephen Dufour. He was instrumental in North Kingstown's win, getting 12 digs and one assist.
North Kingstown couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 48.6% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was was before the start of last season.
East Providence has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for North Kingstown, their victory bumped their record up to 7-0.
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