Soccer Preview: New London vs. Griswold
New London and Griswold are an even 4-4 against one another since October of 2016, but likely not for long. The New London Whalers will be playing at home against the Griswold Wolverines at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. New London is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.7 goals per game this season.
New London's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over Killingly. Kendry Realpe Hurtado had the honor of scoring the game-winner for the Whalers.
Meanwhile, Griswold was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of St. Bernard. While losing is never fun, the Wolverines can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Connecticut soccer rankings (they are ranked 115th, while the Saints are ranked 18th).
New London now has a winning record of 5-4-3. As for Griswold, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-7-1.
New London took their victory against Griswold in their previous matchup back in September by a conclusive 7-0. Does New London have another victory up their sleeve, or will Griswold turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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