The North Kingstown Skippers will face off against the Mt. Hope Huskies at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with North Kingstown sitting on nine straight victories and Mt. Hope on four.
North Kingstown is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Smithfield, who was ranked 19th at the time (North Kingstown was ranked first). The Skippers never let the Sentinels get on the board and left with a 6-0 win on Wednesday. Considering North Kingstown have won eight matches by more than two goals this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Smithfield from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Alexa Barajas led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Mt. Hope hadn't done well against La Salle Academy recently (they were 0-8-1 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. The Huskies won by a goal and slipped past the Rams 3-2.
North Kingstown's victory bumped their record up to 10-1. As for Mt. Hope, their win bumped their record up to 9-2-2.
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