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NK, SK, Middletown, Narragansett, Hope volleyball advance

Tessa LaFrenier and the North Kingstown girls volleyball team kept their champioship hopes alive with a sweep of Classical in Thursday's Division I quarterfinals.
Tessa LaFrenier and the North Kingstown girls volleyball team kept their champioship hopes alive with a sweep of Classical in Thursday's Division I quarterfinals.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

Division I Quarterfinals

No. 1 North Kingstown 3, No. 8 Classical 0

Tessa Lafreniere had 10 kills and 2 aces and Morgan Cheney 3 kills and 2 blocks helping the Skippers knock off the Purple, 25-17, 25-22, 25-22 in the D-I quarterfinals. Paula Pesoa recorded 18 assists and 2 kills and Harmony Forrest posted 9 kills for Classical in the loss.

No. 2 South Kingstown 3, No. 7 Mount St. Charles 1

Ava Brock had 15 kills, Sierra Thompson had 14 kills and 5 blocks and Natalia McNeil had 12 kills, 10 aces as the defending state champs moved on to the semifinals with a 25-12, 29-31, 25-18, 25-17 win.

Other scores

No. 6 Coventry 3, No. 3 La Salle 2 (21-25, 25-16, 15-25, 25-16, 15-13)

No. 4 Portsmouth 3, No. 5 East Greenwich 1 (24-26, 25-14, 25-16, 25-13)

Division II quarterfinals

Middletown 3, Pilgrim 1: Setter Olivia Kestler's strong performance (25 assists, 2 blocks) helped the Islanders oust the Patriots in the Division II Quarterfinals. Gianna Ramos (12 kills, 6 blocks) and Kaleigh Catucci (8 kills, 8 digs) did all they could to keep Pilgrim competitive.

Division III quarterfinals

No. 2-A Narragansett 3, No. 3-B Tolman 2

The play of Ally Tuoti (7 kills, 11 digs, 4 aces, 1 block), Kylee Bennett (9 digs 4 aces, 2 kills) and MacKenzie Gallagher (9 assists, 6 digs, 3 aces) paved the way for the Mariners' 25-23, 20-25, 27-25, 21-25, 16-14 victory over Tolman. The solid efforts on the part of Jaycyline Brito-Silva (12 kills, 5 aces, 1 block), Bryanne Marcelino (8 kills, 4 aces, 3 blocks) and Trinity Burk (8 kills, 3 aces, 4 blocks) just wasn't enough against Narragansett.

Division IV quarterfinals

No. 3 Hope 3, No. 6 Blackstone Valley Prep 2

The exceptional play of Ambar Jimenez (15 aces, 10 kills, five digs), Alexa Hernandez (12 aces, 6 kills, 10 assists), Valentina Gonzalez 5 aces, 4 kills and 3 digs) helped the Blue Wave get by the Pride, 22-25, 21-25, 25-9, 25-14, 15-13.

BOYS SOCCER

Division I quarterfinals

No. 5 Hendricken 2, No. 4 Portsmouth 1

Jacob Coates and Michael Paquette both scored unassisted goals to take a 2-0 lead and the Hawks would hold on to edge the Patriots in the quarterfinal round. Portsmouth's Jackson Fox (assisted by Owen Francis) closed the gap in the second half, but that's as close as Portsmouth would get. Brendan Sisson had 5 saves for Hendricken; Kyle Bielawa stopped 4 for Portsmouth (7-2-5).

Other scores

Division I quarterfinals

No. 2 La Salle 2, No. 7 Tolman 0

No. 3 South Kingstown 4, No. 6 Classical 1

Division II quarterfinals

No. 2 Coventry 6, No. 6 Burrillville 3

No. 6 East Greenwich 2, No. 3 Cranston East 0

No. 4 Chariho 5, No. 5 Tiverton 1

Division II quarterfinals

No. 2 North Providence 2, No. 7 Exeter-West Greenwich 0

GIRLS SOCCER

Division I quarterfinals

No. 2-B North Kingstown 2, No. 3-A East Greenwich 0

Division II quarterfinals

No. 2 Portsmouth 1, No. 7 Mount St. Charles 0

No. 11 Ponaganset 2, No. 3 Coventry 0

Division III quarterfinals

No. 1-B Westerly 7, No. 4-A Cranston East 0

Division IV quarterfinals

No. 3-A Providence Country Day 1, No. 2-B Blackstone Valley Prep 0

Girls Tennis

Division III semifinals

No. 2 East Providence 4, No. 3 Scituate 3

This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Scores and recaps from RIIL soccer, volleyball and tennis playoff games