Preview: College Station vs. Rudder
College Station is 8-0-2 against Rudder since February of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The College Station Cougars will head out on the road to challenge the Rudder Rangers at 7:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (College Station has three straight victories, Rudder has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Friday, College Station kept a clean sheet against Magnolia West. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over the Mustangs. That's two games straight that College Station has won by exactly two goals.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Tyler Kenny and
Anthony Peacher, who scored both of College Station's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 21 so far this season.
Meanwhile, Rudder didn't have quite enough to beat A&M Consolidated on Friday and fell 2-1. While losing is never fun, Rudder can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 562nd, while A&M Consolidated is ranked 90th).
College Station has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3-4 record this season. As for Rudder, their loss dropped their record down to 4-13.
Everything went College Station's way against Rudder when the teams last played back in February as College Station made off with a 5-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for College Station since the squad 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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