Soccer Preview: Slippery Rock vs. Hickory
The Slippery Rock Rockets are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Hickory Hornets at 7:00 p.m. Slippery Rock is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.4 goals per game this season.
Slippery Rock's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over Titusville.
Aiva Reich and
Shareen Thangiah scored both of Slippery Rock's goals, bringing their combined season tally to eight goals.
Meanwhile, Hickory put another one in the bag on Saturday to keep their perfect season alive. Everything went their way against Maplewood as Hickory made off with an 8-0 win. Considering the Hornets have won three games by more than two goals this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Slippery Rock's victory bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Hickory, their win bumped their record up to 4-0.
Slippery Rock came out on top in a nail-biter against Hickory in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Slippery Rock since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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