BEVERLY — The Gloucester field hockey team came into the year with lofty ambitions after a strong summer, only to open its schedule with a humbling loss at home.

Thursday night, the Fishermen evened the score with Beverly.

Sophomore standout Fiona Black was the first of three different scorers for Gloucester (4-1-1), pairing with senior goalie Keagan Jewell’s seven-save shutout, to power a 3-0 Northeastern Conference crossover win over the Panthers (3-3-1).

The Fishermen play in the Lynch division, and Beverly plays in the Dunn, so NEC title implications aren’t as much a factor with the win.

Bragging rights are, though.

“I told them before we got here that we are a different team than we were two weeks ago when we first played them,” said Gloucester head coach Lauren Riley-Gove. “They

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