The Nantucket Whalers are taking a road trip to take on the Sandwich Blue Knights at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Nantucket has three straight wins, Sandwich has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Nantucket is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Everything went their way against Tri-County RVT on Saturday as they made off with an 11-0 victory. Given Nantucket's advantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts soccer rankings (they are ranked 87th, while Tri-County RVT are ranked 294th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Sandwich came up short against Excel Academy Charter on Monday, falling 5-1.
Sandwich's loss dropped their record down to 2-12-3. As for Nantucket, their win bumped their record up to 9-4.
Nantucket beat Sandwich by a goal when the teams last played back in September, winning 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Whalers 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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