The Barrington Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the East Providence Townies at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Barrington has now lost seven straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since April 30.
Barrington is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: East Greenwich, who was ranked 15th at the time (Barrington was ranked 23rd). The Eagles fell 3-1 to the Avengers on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, East Providence came up short against North Kingstown on Tuesday, falling 3-0. The Townies have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
East Providence was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. The final score came out to 25-22, 25-16, 25-15.
Barrington will have to contain Alex Robinson as he made an impact in East Providence's last game. He had 22 assists and two aces. Robinson is crushing it when it comes to assists: he's posted at least 22 every time he's taken the court this season.
East Providence's loss dropped their record down to 9-7. As for Barrington, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-15.
Barrington suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to East Providence when the teams last played back in April. Can the Eagles avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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