After four games on the road, Lynnfield is heading back home. They will host the Essex North Shore Agric & Tech School Hawks at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Lynnfield will be strutting in after a win while Essex North Shore Agric & Tech School will be coming in after a defeat.
Lynnfield's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They blew past Rockport 3-0. Given the Pioneers' advantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts soccer rankings (they are ranked 36th, while the Vikings are ranked 199th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Essex North Shore Agric & Tech School was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell just short of Manchester Essex by a score of 1-0. The match was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but the Hawks couldn't quite close it out.
Lynnfield's victory bumped their record up to 10-3-4. As for Essex North Shore Agric & Tech School, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-7.
Lynnfield was able to grind out a solid win over Essex North Shore Agric & Tech School when the teams last played back in September, winning 3-1. Will Lynnfield repeat their success, or does Essex North Shore Agric & Tech School have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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