The Barrington High School girls volleyball team won its playoff opener, 3-2, over Johnston on Tuesday, Nov. 1.

The match served as a play-in game and propelled Barrington into a showdown with top-seeded Chariho.  

Barrington punched its ticket to the quarterfinals with an impressive comeback victory over Johnston. The Eagles dropped the first set 11-25 and trailed early in the second set. Barrington High School Coach Ron Enos said the game shifted mid-way through the second set. 

“(We) grabbed the momentum near the end of set two, going on a couple runs before losing 25-17,” Enos wrote in an email to the Times. 

Enos said his team carried the momentum into the third set. Barrington built an 8-1 lead in the third set and “never looked back.”

The Eagles won the third set 25-10 and the fourth set 25-10, and sealed the victory with a 15-9 win in the fifth set. 

Kasey Dillon led the Eagles with 16 kills, 13 digs and five aces. Morgan Martin finished the game with 17 digs and eight aces, and Beatrice Adamek notched 10 kills. 

Quarterfinals

The Eagles and Chargers will face off on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 4 p.m. at Chariho High School.

Barrington lost to Chariho 3-0 in their first league match on Sept. 8.

Barrington finished the regular season with a 10-7 record. The Eagles opened the season with six losses in their first 10 matches, but have won six out of their last seven, including the playoff victory over Johnston.