The Lady Titans were beaten 3-1 (25-6), (25-21), (15-25), (25-20) by Narragansett on last week in a Division III girls volleyball match at Toll Gate High School.

Lucy Lajoie, a junior, got the Lady Titans on the scoreboard first when the outside hitter returned a serve for a point and evened the opening set at 1.

Narragansett responded with five consecutive points from Eliana Sahagian on serve, which gave the Lady Mariners a 6-1 edge.

After a service error from each team, Narragansett tacked on three more points with MacKenzie Gallagher on serve, and drew a 10-2 lead.

Lexa Michailides, a senior, scored with a dig later in the set and it put Narragansett on top 20-6.

Next, Kylee Bennett added a return, and then Bennett scored four straight times on serve, and gave Narragansett a 25-6 victory of the first set. 

Narragansett jumped out to an 11-3 advantage in the second set before the Lady Titans cut the deficit to 12-11 following two service points from sophomore Mary McNulty.

Next, the Lady Mariners went up 18-12, and again, the Lady Titans rallied, this time within 20-19, after an ace from Laci Hillier, a junior outside hitter.

Nevertheless, Michailides scored with a return for the final point of the set and gave Narragansett a 25-21 win.

The Lady Titans took the momentum they gained from the second set, into the third set, and leaped out to an early 6-1 advantage after a return from Maddie Long, and three service points from Lola Olink.

Emily Levasseur assisted to McNulty for a spike, midway through the set, and that gave the Lady Titans a 13-3 lead.

A little later in the set, Katelyn Flanagan scored with a kill and put Toll Gate up 18-4.

Soon after, Lajoie scored two service points, and then Brooke DiBenedetto assisted to Flanagan for a kill and Toll Gate went up 23-5.

Then, Bennett answered with seven straight service points and got Narragansett within 23-14.

Toll Gate ended the Narragansett spurt when DiBenedetto assisted to Flanagan for a kill, which gave the Lady Titans game point at 24-14.

Lastly, senior Makenna Izzo assisted to Hillier for a spike and that gave Toll Gate a 25-15 win of the third set.

“Katelyn (Flanagan) looked great up front,” Lady Titans head coach Lisa Sweet said. “Mary (McNulty) came alive in the third set and typically, she’s really strong for us. Our setter, Brooke (DiBenedetto), she’s always there for the ball.” “So, we could’ve been a little bit better, but I think overall, when we did comeback, we were able to control the momentum and the pace of the game.”

Narragansett drew a 10-4 lead in the fourth set when Alex Tuoti, a junior, put down a spike.

Moments later, Sahagian scored with a kill and expanded the Lady Mariners buffer to 14-5.

Toll Gate battled back and inched within 24-19 when Brianlys Simono sent a kill into the campfire.

Nevertheless, Gallagher found Zaharra Anderson for the final point of the match and it gave the Lady Mariners a 25-20 win of the fourth set. 

“I think that it was definitely a winnable game,” Sweet said. “We just have to believe a little bit more in that first set. To come out and really just play hard and just get that momentum going right from the beginning.”

“When we play hard and strong and hit the ball hard, that’s our game,” Sweet continued. “We need to not be complacent and just keep going at the team.”

Toll Gate swept Tiverton 3-0 on Monday to improve to 2-3 in the league. The Lady Titans will host Central Falls (5-0) next on Thursday at 6 p.m.