NARRAGANSETT – Narragansett appears to be playing its best brand of girls volleyball just in time for the playoffs.
The Mariners won five of their last six regular-season matches, including a five-set finale against Davies. In Monday’s playoff rematch against the same No. 11-seeded Patriots, No. 6 Narragansett took care of business one set faster, with the Mariners winning 3-1 on their home court to advance past the Division III preliminary round.
It’s the program’s first playoff victory since 2022, although the Mariners skipped the preliminary round in all of the previous three seasons. They’re once again in the quarterfinal, where they’re set to meet No. 3 Woonsocket on Thursday.
This year’s version of the Mariners reached the same round with a rebuilt roster that suffered big graduation losses from 2025 and still worked their way to a 10-7 record.
“It just shows our coaching,” said Addie Doyle, who had two aces in a crucial seven-point run late in the fourth set on Monday.
Doyle’s moment came when the Mariners trailed 19-15 in the fourth set, and the match appeared to be heading toward a tiebreaker. The Mariners picked up three straight points on unforced errors by the Patriots,...