The Coventry Oakers will venture away from home to take on the Scituate Spartans at 4:30 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.
Coventry is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: East Providence, who was ranked 20th in their home state at the time (Coventry was ranked 11th). Coventry and East Providence finished up their game with a 1-1 draw on Thursday.
Coventry's goal came courtesy of
Alice DiSaia, who's now up to seven this season.
Meanwhile, Scituate and Pilgrim met for a duel on Wednesday where Scituate prevailed. Scituate's defense stepped up to hand Pilgrim a 1-0 shutout. That's two games straight that the Spartans have won by just one goal.
Coventry's draw gives them a new season record of 6-2-4. As for Scituate, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-3-3.
Coventry beat Scituate by a goal in their previous matchup back in September, winning 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Coventry 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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