Crosstown competitors East Providence High School and St. Mary Academy-Bay View meet for the second time in as many years in the Division III postseason, this time in the quarterfinal round of the 2024 league playoffs.

The Bengals visit the Townies Thursday afternoon, May 23, for a 4 o'clock face-off. East Providence edged Bay View for the fourth seed and the initial home playoff date by virtue of its 8-7 victory when the two sides met in a league game a month ago to the date of the postseason encounter, April 23.

In that outing, Alyssa Karalekas and Kenna Wigginton each netted hat-tricks for the Townies. Dylan Flynn and Kloey Iacavone added one goal each. Netminder Ava Williams made six saves.

For the Bengals, Annabelle Tracy scored five of their tallies. Maggie Lima and MacKenna Buffrey had one apiece. And goalie Kate Shields made eight saves.

Some of those players also have a connection to the last postseason meeting between the sides, an epic, quadruple-overtime encounter in the 2023 D-III title game won by Bay View by a 9-8 count.

Elizabeth Healey netted the title-winning tally with 46 seconds left in the fourth, three-minute extra session. Tracy assisted on the goal, which came a bit after the 10th and final save of the afternoon by Shields.

Tracy had a hat-trick. Another of the Bay View goal scores, Giana Giordano, is also back on the team this spring. Healey, finished the 2023 game with four goals, and Phoebe Dolan, who like Giordano had one tally, have graduated.

Wigginton had a hat-trick for the Townies as did former EPHS standout Ryleigh Grant. Emma Nordquist, another of 2023 seniors, potted the tying goal in the waning moments of regulation time. Karalekas had the other EP tally. Williams made nine saves.