The Prout Crusaders will square off against the Coventry Oakers at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Prout comes in on seven and Coventry on four.
Prout's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 1-0 win over Middletown. Given the Crusaders' advantage in MaxPreps' Rhode Island soccer rankings (they are ranked third, while the Islanders are ranked 31st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Prout's one-goal win came courtesy of
Kailee Corbett, who's now up to 12 this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Coventry). They blew past Providence Country Day 8-0 on Tuesday. With that victory, the Oakers brought their scoring average up to 2.9 goals per game.
Prout pushed their record up to 8-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Coventry, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-1-3 record this season.
Prout came out on top in a nail-biter against Coventry in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, sneaking past 1-0. Will Prout repeat their success, or does Coventry have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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