EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School girls' tennis team eased its way to another win in the Townies' first outing of the week at home on September 17, a 6-1 victory over Woonsocket. The locals improved to 4-1 in the Division II ranks at the time.

All six of the EPHS wins were straight-set affairs including another love-and-love win by Abigail Ellison at the top of the order. Madison Luu won at No. 2, 6-2 and 6-4. Hope Moran suffered the lone defeat and that was in three sets, 6-4 in the third at No. 3. And at four, Maggie Robinson was a 6-3, 6-4 victor.

In doubles, the No. 1 duo of Rylee Thurber-Isabella Periquito were 1-and-3 winners. Two and three pairs were won by the same 6-1, 6-2 counts, respectively, by the teams of Megan Pita-Ava Domingues and Sydney Olson-Liana Soares.

Boys' soccer
The EPHS boys' soccer squad opened the new week with a 1-0 road loss to Hendricken September 17, but Townies' head coach Calouro said his team "played our best soccer thus far" in the setback to the Hawks. The locals dipped to 0-4-1 in Division I play.

Hendricken scored the game's lone tally, a scratchy goal according to the EPHS coach. Desrosiers was credited with six saves in the EP net. "I was very happy with the effort," Calouro added.

Girls' soccer
The EPHS girls' soccer club played to its first draw of the season, 1-1 in Warwick against Toll Gate earlier this week, September 17, in a Division II outing.

Alyssa Karalekas scored the only goal for the Townies, whose record in D-II outings moved to 3-1-1 at the time. Eva Soares had the helper. Keeper Kloey Iacavone was credited with six saves.

The Townies were right back at it Wednesday night, Sept. 18, also on the road in North Smithfield where the locals earned a 3-1 league win.

Eva Fontaine netted her second goal of the season, a header, and also had an assist. Zophia Slaughter scored her first of the fall while Karalekas added yet another tally to up her team-best total at the time to eight. Iacavone made another six stops in net.

East Providence improved to 4-1-1 in the Division II standings. The Townies are off until Tuesday night, Sept. 24, when they host North Providence at 6:30.

Girls' volleyball
The unbeaten EPHS girls' volleyball were forced to rally for the second match in a row and this time from an even larger deficit in their Division I outing earlier this week on the road against the Avengers, eventually edging EG by a 3-2 count.

East Providence, which also fell behind in its 3-1 win over Chariho its previous time out, dropped the first two sets, 20-25 and 18-25, before winning the final three by the scores of 25-19, 25-21 and 15-12.

EPHS head coach Alex Butler called junior star Keira Mullen a "monster" for how well she played all around the court for the Townies. The All-Stater finished with 21 kills, 15 assists from her setter spot in EP's 6-2 formation, eight digs and six aces. Ellie Vest started slowly for the locals, but finished with an impressive 15 kills, nine digs and two aces.

Not only did the Townies have to crawl out of a 2-0 games hole, but also a large deficit in the fifth-and-final set and did so by utilizing all three phases of the game: offense, defense and serving.

With the score tied at 12, Trinity Johnson Carter put the Townies ahead with a kill. Aliyah Evora then stuffed an Avenger shot attempt from her middle hitter/blocker spot to put make it 14-12 EP. And, lastly, Greene served for an ace on match point to clinch it.