Soccer Preview: Prout vs. Westerly
The Prout Crusaders will take on the Westerly Bulldogs at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Prout is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Moses Brown a 3-0 shutout. That's two games straight that the Crusaders have won by exactly three goals.
They hit Moses Brown with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Kailee Corbett,
Aria Waterman, and
Deirdre Piccillo.
Meanwhile, Westerly faced Ponaganset in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. Westerly put the hurt on Ponaganset with a sharp 3-0 victory. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Bulldogs were the better team in the second half.
The win (which was Westerly's third in a row) raised their record to 11-8-3. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those three matches. As for Prout, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3-1 record this season.
Prout skirted past Westerly 2-1 in their previous meeting back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for Prout since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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