Soccer Preview: Skidding Newfane Meets Akron

The Newfane Panthers will square off against the Akron Tigers at 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Newfane is looking for their season's first win.

Monday just wasn't the day for Newfane's offense. They came up short against Sacred Heart Academy, falling 5-0. While losing is never fun, Newfane can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York soccer rankings (they are ranked 416th, while Sacred Heart Academy are ranked 196th).

Meanwhile, Akron's match on Thursday was close up to the half, but then they kicked things up a notch. Everything went their way against Barker as they made off with a 3-0 victory. Considering Akron have won three contests by more than two goals this season, another big win was nothing new.

The win improved Akron's record to 3-5. As for Newfane, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7.