Portsmouth girls eliminated from volleyball playoffs

North Kingstown wins each of the last two sets by just 2 points

Posted 11/10/22

PORTSMOUTH — Three weeks ago, the Portsmouth Patriots girls’ volleyball team swept No. 1 North Kingstown, 3-0, avenging an earlier shutout loss by the Skippers.

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Portsmouth girls eliminated from volleyball playoffs

North Kingstown wins each of the last two sets by just 2 points

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PORTSMOUTH — Three weeks ago, the Portsmouth Patriots girls’ volleyball team swept No. 1 North Kingstown, 3-0, avenging an earlier shutout loss by the Skippers.

Facing each other in the D-1 State Championship semifinals Thursday night, the match lived up the hype — but didn’t go the Patriots’ way. North Kingstown advanced to the finals with a 3-1 win.

After dropping the first set, 17-25, the Patriots stormed back to take the second, 25-21. But the Skippers edged them in the remaining two sets by scores of 25-27 and 24-26. 

The Patriots, the No. 4 seed, had a 24-23 lead in the third set; another point would have given them a 2-1 match advantage. However, a couple of mistakes by Portsmouth — including being called for a ball-handling error that ended the set — gave the Skippers the set and the upper hand.

In the fourth set, the Skippers scored five straight points to turn a 22-18 deficit into a 23-22 lead. Portsmouth tied things up at 24, but the next two points — and the win — went to North Kingstown.

For the Patriots, Morgan Casey had 14 kills to lead her team.

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