Epworth Ladies Hockey Club are still searching for their first back-to-back wins of the season.
The Isle side had the chance to follow-up from last weekend’s impressive 3-0 victory over Huddersfield with success against Brigg Seconds.
However, Epworth came up against a home team intent on continuing their early season promotion push in Yorkshire Four as Brigg ran out 3-1 winners.
That result left Epworth nursing three defeats and one success from their opening four matches following last season’s promotion into Yorkshire Four.
However, the team have plenty of time to get their consistency going and have a good opportunity to set their stall out on Saturday when they welcome Bradford Firsts to Thorne Trinity Academy.
However, despite a poor start which saw Bradford record three defeats on the bounce, the West Yorkshire outfit will be going into this weekend’s tie on the back of a confidence-boosting 5-4 success over Bingley Bees Seconds.
Eighth-placed Bradford and Epworth, in ninth, are both on three points in the table with the West Yorkshire side just shading it on goal difference following their similar starts to the 2014-15 campaign.
The tie takes place on Saturday, 2.30pm, at Trinity Academy in Church Balk.