The North Reading Hornets will venture away from home to take on the Newburyport Clippers at 4:45 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as North Reading comes in on ten and Newburyport on three.
Last Thursday, everything went North Reading's way against Georgetown as North Reading made off with a 7-1 victory. The Hornets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten games by three goals or more this season.
Meanwhile, Newburyport kept a clean sheet against Georgetown on Tuesday. They blew past the Royals 3-0. The Clippers' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three matchups.
Ryan Gasbarro and
Quentin Miller scored all three of Newburyport's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 11 goals.
North Reading's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-0-1. As for Newburyport, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5-3 record this season.
North Reading skirted past Newburyport 2-1 in their previous matchup back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for North Reading since the squad 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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