Fans at Saturday's league battle between the Newburyport Clippers (Newburyport, MA) and the visiting Pentucket Regional (West Newbury, MA), saw Newburyport's soccer squad hold off Pentucket Regional by a count of 1-0.

The Clippers (4-4) will now prepare for their battle against Rockport (Rockport, MA). The Vikings enter the Cape Ann battle with a 5-5 record. In their last battle, Rockport was edged by Ipswich (Ipswich, MA), 3-0, in a league battle.

Next up, the battle the Whittier RVT Wildcats (Haverhill, MA) in a non-league battle, on Monday, October 7. Pentucket Regional will attempt to upgrade on its 2-7 season record. The Wildcats enter the battle with a 0-8 record after their 7-0 non-league loss to Northeast Metro RVT (Wakefield, MA).