Soccer Preview: Hartford vs. Berrien Springs
The Hartford Huskies are taking a road trip to challenge the Berrien Springs Shamrocks at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Berrien Springs is hoping to do what Dowagiac couldn't on Monday: put an end to Hartford's winning streak, which now stands at nine games. Hartford's defense stepped up to hand Dowagiac a 6-0 shutout. Given the Huskies' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan soccer rankings (they are ranked 63rd, while the Chieftains are ranked 385th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, everything went Berrien Springs' way against Buchanan on Monday as Berrien Springs made off with a 5-2 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Shamrocks.
They hit Buchanan with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Kevin Silva (2),
Ben Chilambo,
Elian Andriamparany, and
Henry Garcia.
Hartford pushed their record up to 17-1-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Berrien Springs, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5-4 record this season.
Hartford took their win against Berrien Springs when the teams last played back in September of 2019 by a conclusive 7-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hartford since the team 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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