Soccer Preview: Trinity vs. Smithville
The Trinity Trojans will venture away from home to challenge the Smithville Smithies at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Trinity will be strutting in after a victory while Smithville will be coming in after a defeat.
Trinity will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Saturday, then bounced right back against Bard Early College on Tuesday. Trinity put the hurt on Bard Early College with a sharp 4-0 win. Considering the Trojans' offense had been struggling lately, the high-scoring outing was a much-needed turnaround.
Austin Cothran and
Jonathan Rosa scored all four of Trinity's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 15 goals.
Despite a strong season so far, Smithville has seen their luck take a bit of a downturn recently. They lost 3-0 to Norwayne last Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Smithies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 221st, while the Bobcats are ranked 94th).
Trinity moved to 6-9-1 with that victory, which also ended their three-game losing streak. As for Smithville, their loss dropped their record down to 10-5-1.
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