The North Providence Cougars's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Hope Blue Wave at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. North Providence will be strutting in after a victory while Hope will be coming in after a loss.
North Providence is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: St. Raphael Academy, who was ranked tenth in their home state at the time (North Providence was ranked 22nd). North Providence's defense stepped up to hand St. Raphael Academy a 4-0 shutout on Friday.
Meanwhile, Hope was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their eighth straight defeat. They fell just short of Westerly by a score of 1-0. The matchup was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but the Blue Wave couldn't quite close it out.
North Providence has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-4-1 record this season. As for Hope, their loss dropped their record down to 1-8.
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