The Middletown Islanders will take on the North Smithfield Northmen at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Middletown is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: North Providence, who was ranked 11th at the time (Middletown was ranked 15th). The Islanders fell 2-0 to the Cougars on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, North Smithfield fell victim to Prout and their airtight defense on Monday. They came up short against the Crusaders, falling 4-0.
Middletown's loss dropped their record down to 10-3-2. As for North Smithfield, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-11-2.
Middletown took their win against North Smithfield in their previous meeting last Monday by a conclusive 3-0 score. Will the Islanders repeat their success, or do the Northmen have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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