The Cranston West Falcons will venture away from home to take on the Classical Purple at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Cranston West is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Barrington, who was ranked 21st at the time (Cranston West was ranked 19th). The Falcons won by a set and slipped past the Eagles 3-2. The win was some much needed relief for the Falcons as it spelled an end to their seven-game losing streak.
Cranston West took Barrington into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-9, 25-17, 15-25, 22-25, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Classical entered their tilt with North Smithfield on Tuesday with two consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with three. They put the hurt on the Northmen with a sharp 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Classical was: they took every set by at least 11 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-13, 25-14.
Cranston West's win bumped their record up to 6-11. As for Classical, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-4.
Cranston West might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Classical in their previous matchup on Friday. Can the Falcons avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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