Boston Town suffered back-to-back defeats for the first time since last December.
After last week’s 2-1 loss at Hucknall Town, Martyn Bunce welcomed Gregg Smith and Liam Adams back into the starting line-up.
Ashby Ivanhoe went into the game without a league win to their credit so far this season – but buoyed by a 3-0 midweek success in the league cup.
It was the visitors who took the lead after 35 minutes – despite having temporarily gone down to 10 men after one of their players was sent to the sin bin.
After the break, another Ashby player was sin-binned – but again they were the team who capitalised, doubling their lead after 70 minutes.
Jordan Nuttell pulled one back after 76 minutes to give the Poachers hope.
But that was promptly snuffed out as Ashby made it 3-1 with 8 minutes of normal time left.
Despite this defeat, Town remain 6th in the United Counties League Premier North table, just a point outside the play-off places.
They need to dust themselves down for Tuesday’s home derby against in-form Bourne Town, who are just a point behind them in 7th and are unbeaten in 8 games in all competitions.
Town: Portas, Worthington, Doran, Tate, Ford, Wilson, Maddison, Adams, Smith (Nuttell), Limb, Bayliss (Ratley); unused subs: Borbely, Bunce, Bad
