North Providence boys volleyball team ready for next step

TL;DR

The North Providence boys volleyball team, led by Caden Hicks, achieved a historic 3-2 victory over Mt. Hope, the defending Division III champions. This win positions them as a strong contender for the upcoming playoffs.

Key points

Caden Hicks led a comeback in the fifth set against Mt. Hope.
North Providence won the match 3-2.
This is the best win in the team's history.
The team is currently the No. 2 seed in the league.
Playoffs are approaching for the Cougars.

North Providence CougarsMt. HopeDivision III

NORTH PROVIDENCE — Caden Hicks has some great friends.

His North Providence classmates forced him onto the volleyball team last season. It was the best thing that happened to the senior. He fell in love with it and the Cougars, in just their fourth season, are better for it.

Hicks sparked a fifth-set rally against Mt. Hope, the Division III defending champions, from the middle of North Providence’s lineup. The Cougars clawed their way back in the decisive frame after trailing by four points at the start.

But the hosts seized control and put the rest of the league on notice.

The 3-2 (16-25, 25-18, 13-25, 25-22, 15-11) triumph is the best win in North Providence’s young history. It paints a target on the Cougars’ back as the team to beat in the playoffs in a few weeks. The postseason will come eventually, North Providence is currently the No. 2 seed in the league, but Hicks is just enjoying Wednesday night’s theatrics.

“The friends I made along the way,” Hicks said of how he started playing. “Last year they told me to try out, and I just had a love for it. And this is where we are now.

“We had to come out and be aggressive. We worked through [the deficit], we played as a team, as a family and came through in the end.”