The North Kingstown Skippers will take on the Portsmouth Patriots at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. North Kingstown's last three contests have been decided by no more than a goal, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
North Kingstown is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Moses Brown, who was ranked sixth in their home state at the time (North Kingstown was ranked third). North Kingstown fell just short of Moses Brown by a score of 1-0 on Thursday. Both teams had to tread carefully at times as the refs weren't afraid to hand out yellow cards: Blake Longval was handed one for the Skippers, while the Quakers got theirs courtesy of Dario Brosco.
Meanwhile, Portsmouth's matchup on Tuesday was close up to the half, which is when they kicked things up a notch. Their defense stepped up to hand Tolman a 4-0 shutout. The Patriots might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matches by three goals or more this season.
They hit Tolman with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Nolan Fox,
Sean Collins,
John Casey, and
Jack Loper.
North Kingstown's loss dropped their record down to 11-3-3. As for Portsmouth, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 12-3-3.
North Kingstown skirted past Portsmouth 1-0 in their previous meeting on October 8th. Does North Kingstown have another victory up their sleeve, or will Portsmouth turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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