Sports Roundup: Girls’ Volleyball Tonight, Football Tomorrow

The girls’ volleyball team will look to maintain their early season success against Tiverton tonight. Junior varsity starts at 4:15 p.m., followed by varsity at 6 p.m.

The varsity (3-1, 3-1 Division II-South) won earlier this week at Barrington (4-2, 3-1 Division II-South), in an early test for both teams.

The previous week, Narragansett lost 3-1 to Exeter-West Greenwich, which is traditionally the strongest team in the division. The Scarlet Knights are 6-0 overall and 4-0 in Division II-South play, and have only lost two sets all year.

Tiverton should be a tough but winnable match for Narragansett. The Tigers are 3-1 overall and in Division II-South play, but their lone loss was a 3-0 sweep against Barrington. The teams Tiverton have beat are a combined 3-10 this year.

Unranked Football Takes on Middletown

On the gridiron, the Mariners (1-1, 1-0 Division III) face an early season test against the Middletown Islanders (1-0, 0-0 Division III). Narragansett hosts Middletown at 11 a.m. Saturday.

Last week, the Mariners . However, the win didn’t impress voters for the Rhode Island Sports Media Football Poll.

Narragansett received five points, well short of the 25 received by the No. 20 and last ranked team, Moses Brown. The top-ranked Division III team is Rogers at No. 13. Middletown received 17 points, meaning a win could propel them into the Top 20.

The full poll is as follows:

Rank

Team

Points

Last week

1.

La Salle (10)

238

2

2.

East Providence (2)

229

3

3.

Cranston West

216

5

4.

Portsmouth

195

6

5.

Hendricken

184

1

6.

Barrington

165

4

7.

West Warwick

158

7

8.

Central

153

10

t-9.

South Kingstown

131

8

t-9.

Westerly

131

11

11.

Tolman

129

9

12.

Ponaganset

82

t-20

t-13.

Cranston East

79

16

t-13.

Rogers

79

t-14

15.

Johnston

57

18

16.

Mount Hope

48

t-14

17.

Cumberland

40

NR

t-18.

Chariho

27

14

t-18.

Exeter-West Greenwich

27

NR

20.

Moses Brown

25

19

Dropped out: St. Raphael (17); North Smithfield (t-20);

Also receiving votes: St. Raphael 23, Woonsocket 23, Lincoln 19, Middletown 17, Pilgrim 14, Mount Pleasant 7, Coventry 5, Narragansett 5, Hope 3, Providence Country Day 1.                        

The media poll features voters from area newspapers and television stations, and I vote for Patch. My ballot from last week:

1

East Providence

2

La Salle

3

Cranston West

4

Westerly

5

West Warwick

6

South Kingstown

7

Hendricken

8

Portsmouth

9

Ponaganset

10

Barrington

11

Central

12

Johnston

13

Cumberland

14

Tolman

15

Mt. Hope

16

Coventry

17

Chariho

18

Rogers

19

St. Ray's

20

PCD

Recent Results

• Girls’ soccer maintained a perfect 5-0 Division III record with a 6-1 victory against Johnston on Wednesday afternoon. Chandler Lemay, Chelsea Sahagian, Chrissy Tucker, Alison Stone and Emily Wright had goals for the Mariners, along with Liz Castro, who usually serves as the Mariners’ keeper. Jackie Iannucci had two assists, and Abby Soscia had one.
• In boys’ soccer action, the Mariners (2-2-2, 2-2-2 Division II-South) struggled with Prout, losing 3-1 on Wednesday. Andrew Morvan had the goal for Narragansett, assisted by Tod Wright. On Monday, the Mariners beat Warwick Vets 4-1. Aaron Libman, Robert Pratt, Wright and Morvan each had a goal.
• Girls’ tennis (4-2, 3-2 Division II-South) squeezed past Middletown 4-3 on Thursday afternoon. No. 4 singles Gabriella Smith, No. 1 doubles Eliza DeCubellis and Victoria McGreen, No. 2 doubles Kristen Gershkoff and Olivia Scalora, and No. 3 doubles Jackie Harig and Eileen Sullivan won their matches.