Soccer Game Preview: Baylor Heads Out

By Team Reports Sep 2, 2024, 2:20am

Soccer Preview: Baylor vs. Chattanooga Christian

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Baylor has gone 10-0 against Chattanooga Christian recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Baylor Red Raiders are taking a road trip to take on the Chattanooga Christian Chargers at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Baylor is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Tennessee's top teams: Hendersonville, who was ranked 24th in their home state at the time (Baylor was ranked eighth). Baylor never let Hendersonville onto the board and left with a 2-0 victory on Sunday.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Chattanooga Christian). Everything went their way against Boyd-Buchanan on Thursday as Chattanooga Christian made off with an 8-1 win. Given the Chargers' advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee soccer rankings (they are ranked 19th, while the Buccaneers are ranked 185th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Chattanooga Christian's offense was hitting Boyd-Buchanan from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal. Kayden Mounce led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.

Baylor's victory bumped their record up to 8-1-2. As for Chattanooga Christian, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-1-1.

Baylor took their victory against Chattanooga Christian in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 6-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Baylor 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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