Winthrop is 1-9 against Swampscott since September of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Vikings will be playing in front of their home fans against the Big Blue at 4:30 p.m.
Monday just wasn't the day for Winthrop's offense. They lost 6-0 to Masconomet Regional on Monday. While losing is never fun, Winthrop can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts soccer rankings (they are ranked 146th, while Masconomet Regional are ranked tenth).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Swampscott). Their defense stepped up to hand Gloucester a 5-0 shutout on Wednesday. Swampscott haven't had any issues with Gloucester recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive win against them.
Winthrop's loss dropped their record down to 7-4-3. As for Swampscott, they now have a winning record of 5-4-2.
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