Soccer Game Preview: Westerly vs. Scituate

The Westerly Bulldogs will head out to square off against the Scituate Spartans at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Scituate is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.7 goals per game this season.

Westerly is likely headed into the game with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Pilgrim on Tuesday. The Bulldogs fell just short of the Patriots by a score of 1-0.

Meanwhile, Scituate waltzed into their contest on Wednesday with eight straight wins...and they left with nine. Their defense stepped up to hand the Cougars a 4-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for Scituate, who have now won eight matchups by three goals or more so far this season.

The win improved Scituate's record to 12-2-3. As for Westerly, they have now lost three of their last four games at home. That's left a mark on their 4-6-4 record this season.