Soccer Game Preview: Heritage Christian vs. Hammond Baptist

Heritage Christian hasn't had much luck against Hammond Baptist recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Defenders will head out to take on the Swordsmen at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Heritage Christian is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to seven goals two weeks ago, they were much more limited against DeMotte Christian last Friday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Knights.

Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 2-2 at halftime, Hammond Baptist was not quite Hammond Central's equal in the second half on Tuesday. They fell just short of Wolves by a score of 3-2.

The loss was their first on the road , dropping their record down to 4-2. As for Hammond Baptist, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-2.