Soccer Preview: Tell City vs. Princeton
Tell City is 0-4 against Princeton since September of 2020 but things could change on Saturday. The Tell City Marksmen will be staying on the road to face off against the Princeton Tigers at 1:00 p.m. Tell City is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.3 goals per game this season.
If Princeton heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Tell City took over last week. Tell City sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over Wood Memorial on Tuesday. Two seems to be a good number for the Marksmen as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Zaiden Tribbie was the driving force of Tell City's attack as he scored both of Tell City's goals, bringing his season total up to ten goals.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Princeton's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They came up short against Washington, falling 3-0. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 182nd, while the Hatchets are ranked 36th).
Tell City has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. As for Princeton, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-7.
Tell City came up short against Princeton in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Tell City avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
