The Cranston West Falcons are taking a road trip to challenge the North Kingstown Skippers at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Cranston West sitting on four straight victories and North Kingstown on eight.
Cranston West's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Pilgrim with a sharp 4-0 win.
Meanwhile, North Kingstown's game on Friday was all tied up 2-2 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They were the clear victor by an 8-3 margin over Mt. Hope. Considering the Skippers have won six matchups by more than two goals this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Mt. Hope from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Alexa Barajas led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by herself.
Cranston West's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-4-1. As for North Kingstown, their win bumped their record up to 10-2-1.
Cranston West came out on top in a nail-biter against North Kingstown when the teams last played back in September, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Cranston West 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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