Soccer Preview: Bentonville vs. Rogers
Bentonville is 8-1-1 against Rogers since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Bentonville Tigers are on the road again to play the Rogers Mountaineers at 5:30 p.m. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Bentonville is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Tuesday, just like they did against Springdale (and have done all season long). Bentonville's defense stepped up to hand Springdale a 4-0 shutout on Friday. Given Bentonville's advantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas soccer rankings (they are ranked first, while Springdale is ranked 30th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Bentonville hit Springdale with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Sydney Hopper (2),
Kayla Hurley, and
Star Chessir.
Meanwhile, Rogers won against Har-Ber two weeks ago with one goal and they decided to stick to that goal total again last Friday. Rogers beat Fayetteville by a goal, winning 1-0. That's two games straight that Rogers has won by just one goal.
Bentonville's win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-2-1. As for Rogers, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-3-1.
Everything went Bentonville's way against Rogers in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 as Bentonville made off with a 3-0 win. Will Bentonville repeat their success, or does Rogers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
