The East Providence Townies will venture away from home to take on the Bishop Hendricken Hawks at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
East Providence is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: South Kingstown, who was ranked 20th at the time (East Providence was ranked fifth). The Townies never let the Rebels get on the board and left with a 1-0 win on Tuesday. East Providence's winning goal came courtesy of Nigel Fernandes.
Meanwhile, Bishop Hendricken hasn't lost a match since September 17th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Thursday. They had just enough and edged out Central Catholic 2-1.
Bishop Hendricken is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-1-1 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 24 goals over those eight matchups. As for East Providence, their win bumped their record up to 10-1-3.
East Providence was able to grind out a solid victory over Bishop Hendricken in their previous meeting back in September, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Townies since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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