Soccer Preview: Highland vs. Lincoln
Highland has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will venture away from home to take on the Lincoln Golden Lions at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty goal totals in their previous games.
Highland's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Barberton as Highland made off with a 5-0 victory. The Hornets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by four goals or more this season.
They hit Barberton with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Vanessa Zufall (2),
Jordyn Caples, and
Hailey Regovich.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lincoln). They were the clear victor by a 6-0 margin over Central Crossing on Thursday. Given the Golden Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 109th, while the Comets are ranked 256th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Highland's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-1. As for Lincoln, their victory bumped their record up to 5-2-1.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
