Beverly hasn't had much luck against Newburyport recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Beverly Panthers will square off against the Newburyport Clippers at 6:00 p.m. Beverly knows how to get goals on the board -- the team has finished with four goals or more in their past three games -- so hopefully Newburyport likes a good challenge.
Beverly's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Gloucester as Beverly made off with a 7-0 victory. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight contests by three goals or more this season.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Newburyport's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They lost 4-1 to North Reading. While losing is never fun, the Clippers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts soccer rankings (they are ranked 128th, while the Hornets are ranked 15th).
Newburyport's goal came courtesy of
Grady Smith, who's now up to three this season.
Beverly's win bumped their record up to 13-4-2. As for Newburyport, their loss dropped their record down to 8-6-3.
Beverly came up short against Newburyport in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Beverly avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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