Gloucester field hockey beats Danvers 5 to 2, stays perfect before Beverly showdown

Gloucester's field hockey team is still perfect.

The Fishermen beat Danvers 5 to 2 at home Thursday, Oct. 1, to improve to 8 and 0. It was a Northeastern Conference game, and Gloucester is now 5 and 0 in the league. Danvers fell to 3, 3 and 1.

The teams traded goals in the first half before Gloucester took control after the break, the team said in a post on its GHS Field Hockey Facebook page. The post credited the goals by first name only: two from Fi, two from Jules and one from Emme.

Danvers' two goals matched the most Gloucester has allowed in a game this season, set in a 7 to 2 win over Malden Catholic on Sept. 22. The Fishermen have outscored their opponents 38 to 5 this season.

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The biggest game of Gloucester's regular season so far comes Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 4:30 p.m., when the Fishermen host Beverly at Gloucester High School. Beverly is 6 and 1, and 4 and 0 in the league, so it is a meeting of the NEC's only two unbeaten teams. The game is listed for streaming on the NFHS Network, which requires a subscription.

Gloucester plays at Danvers on Friday, Oct. 9, at 3:45 p.m., then visits Beverly for the rematch Tuesday, Oct. 13.