Soccer Preview: Hurricane vs. Dixie
Hurricane is 0-10 against Dixie since March of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Hurricane Tigers will head out on the road to square off against the Dixie Flyers at 7:30 p.m. Hurricane will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Utah Rankings (they are ranked 108th, while Dixie is ranked 20th).
Sadly, Hurricane is still looking for their first win of the season after nine contests. Their tough 8-1 defeat to Crimson Cliffs on Friday might stick with them for a while.
Meanwhile, Dixie came tearing into Friday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.7 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They were the clear victor by a 4-1 margin over the Panthers. Considering Dixie has won five games by more than two goals this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Pine View with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Melvin Contreras (2),
Taylor Kogan, and
Iker Meza.
Hurricane's loss dropped their record down to 0-9. As for Dixie, they pushed their record up to 8-1 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Hurricane might still be hurting after the 6-1 defeat they got from Dixie when the teams last played back in March. Can Hurricane avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
