Soccer Preview: Ponaganset vs. Scituate
Ponaganset has been on the road for two straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Scituate Spartans at 6:30 p.m. Ponaganset is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.2 goals per game this season.
Ponaganset is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to seven goals on Friday, they were much more limited against Narragansett on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Mariners by a score of 2-1. The contest was a 1-1 toss-up at halftime, but the Chieftains couldn't quite close it out.
Their goal came courtesy of
Xavier Fix, who's now up to eight this season.
Meanwhile, Scituate put another one in the bag on Saturday to keep their perfect season alive. Their defense stepped up to hand Chariho a 3-0 shutout. Considering the Spartans have won five matches by more than two goals this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Ponaganset's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-4-2. As for Scituate, they pushed their record up to 10-0 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
Ponaganset came out on top in a nail-biter against Scituate when the teams last played back in November of 2023, sneaking past 1-0. Does Ponaganset have another victory up their sleeve, or will Scituate turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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