By PAUL J. SPETRINI
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NORTH KINGSTOWN—The North Kingstown field hockey team has just two games remaining this season and, with a one-goal win over previously undefeated Bay View last weekend, it would be easy for the Skippers to coast into the postseason resting on their laurels, confident they’ll be able to play their best when they need to.
To do so, however, NK will have to ignore how they’ve fared this week.
Despite outshooting Tiverton 27-0 Monday night, the Skippers came away with a 2-0 victory over the winless Tigers and, Tuesday night, North fell to Moses Brown 2-1 as Quaker goalie Janie Lupica stopped 10 of 11 shots.
So, what’s the moral of the story?
Well, for NK, clearly you’re only as good as your latest game and if the Skippers are going to be real state title contenders this season, they’ll need to play a better brand of field hockey, regardless of past accomplishments.
“I saw a lot of scoring opportunities which I think we needed to capitalize on,” NK coach Julie Maguire said Monday night after the Skippers defeated Tiverton. “We had 20 offensive penalty corners and only scoring two goals is a little disappointing, but a win is a win at this point.”

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