It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Westerly had no problem doing just that on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand the North Providence Cougars a 1-0 shutout. That's two games straight that the Bulldogs have won by just one goal.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of
Nora Zerbarini, who's now up to six this season.
The victory made it two in a row for Westerly and bumps their season record up to 10-8-3. As for North Providence, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-7-3.
Westerly will face off against Ponaganset at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Westerly's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for four straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end. North Providence does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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