The Xaverian Brothers Hawks are taking a road trip to face off against the Bishop Hendricken Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Wednesday, Xaverian Brothers beat Peabody Veterans Memorial 3-1. Given the Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts soccer rankings (they are ranked 22nd, while the Tanners are ranked 116th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Bishop Hendricken had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.8 goals) and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Knights an 8-0 shutout. Considering the Hawks have won eight matches by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Xaverian Brothers is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4-3 record this season. As for Bishop Hendricken, their win bumped their record up to 14-2-1.
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