2022 RI Girls Volleyball Ready to Rock as the Summer Fades…
8/26/22
As the Summer starts to show its vulnerability, school goes back into session and the RI high school girls’ volleyball season taxis to the runway with pre-check protocols in motion.
The 2022 season opens with many questions, primarily who the team is to beat, but also out of the ResV top 25 players in the state from last year only a handful are back as 90% have graduated or moved on. Thankfully, this season feels normal as all of the weirdness of the past two years is in the rear-view mirror.
Questions going into the season…Can North Kingstown reclaim the top spot? Can South Kingstown repeat? How will the schools that moved Divisions fare? How will the new coaches do in their first go around? Who will ultimately make the ResV Top 26 players in the state?
Divisional play opens on September 8th, with some great matchups right out of the gate…
La Salle Academy hosting the Skippers of North Kingstown - 9/8/22 : 6:30pm
Classical hosting Coventry - 9/8/22 : 6pm
Westerly hosting Rodgers - 9/8/22 : 6:30pm
West Warwick traveling to Prout - 9/8/22 : 6:30pm
You can see the re-aligned divisions with schedules here…rST Standings - Girls Volleyball - Rhode Island Interscholastic League (riil.org)
2022 Preseason Top 15 RI Girls Volleyball Teams…
South Kingstown - Defending champs have a new coach in Ian McCoy.
North Kingstown - Coaches Garrepy, Maack, and Harrington return to make another run at it.
Coventry - Jon Bartlett takes the reigns officially as HC.
Prout - Coach Bevilacqua lost a lot from the 2021 roster, but that Prout gym can be an equalizer.
LaSalle Academy - The Rams add Jhamal Diggs as their new Head Coach and Jordan Amore as the Assistant C.
East Greenwich - Sam Paquette is the new Head Coach for the Avengers and should bring some stability to a program in need of it.
Chariho - Coaches McGeehan and Cole have a team that will be difficult to topple in D2’s new landscape.
Cumberland - Coach DeJesus’ crew moves to D2 and should make a run for the crown.
Cranston West - Coaches Ferri and Nachbar return to guide the Falcons into the unknown of 2022 D1 - B.
West Warwick - Coach Malloy’s team appears large and looking to push for a top four finish in D1 this year.
Rodgers - D2 champs have a new roster and Coach McGloin will be looking to find the path to a second cup.
Classical - Coach Polinick lost a top 25 player to graduation but will reshuffle the deck to begin the 2022 grind in D1.
Westerly - The Bulldogs have a full boat roster that Coach Beal will look to mold for a D2 playoff run.
Scituate - Legend Luis Carvalho back for another ride looking to go back-to-back in D3.
Central Falls - Coach Sousa has a solid returning crew and should get off to a good start at the beginning of the campaign.
2022 Preseason Players to Watch…
Pin - Melis Kocak - East Greenwich
Pin - Ava Brock - South Kingstown
Pin - Somadina Amaechina - La Salle Academy
MB - Karmen Lambert - South Kingstown
MB - Addison Patrick - Coventry
MB - Ella Johnson - East Greenwich
MB - Katia Nelson - Chariho
S - Ella Maack - North Kingstown
S - Gaia Copelli - South Kingstown
S - Caitlyn Mediate - Portsmouth
Pin - Annie Draper - North Kingstown
Pin - Natalia McNeal - South Kingstown
Pin - Liv Rollinson - Coventry
L - Taylor Stevenin - Coventry
L - Breannah Abilheira-Cargill - Cumberland
L - Syd Henson - North Kingstown
To send season updates, stories, and players to consider…or inquire about coffee beans that Coach roasts himself, to Coach Reslow - Scott.Reslow@protonmail.com