The Ponaganset Chieftains will head out on the road to square off against the Burrillville Broncos at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Ponaganset is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Toll Gate, who was ranked 18th in their home state at the time (Ponaganset was ranked 12th). Everything went Ponaganset's way against Toll Gate on Thursday as Ponaganset made off with a 6-2 win. It was an even better day for Anastasia Nearney as she scored three goals for her team.
Meanwhile, Burrillville had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.3 goals) and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Knights with a sharp 5-1 victory. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Broncos considering their one-goal performance the matchup before.
Ponaganset's win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 9-5. As for Burrillville, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2-4 record this season.
Ponaganset was able to grind out a solid victory over Burrillville in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, winning 5-3. Will Ponaganset repeat their success, or does Burrillville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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