Soccer Preview: River Ridge vs. Gig Harbor
River Ridge is 0-6 against Gig Harbor since September of 2021 but things could change on Tuesday. The River Ridge Hawks will venture away from home to take on the Gig Harbor Tides at 5:45 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
River Ridge is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They never let Timberline onto the board and left with a 5-0 win on Thursday. Considering the Hawks have won four games by more than two goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Gig Harbor had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They came out on top against the Cougars by a score of 3-1.
Elizabeth Hayes and
Karin Heikkila scored all three of Gig Harbor's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 25 goals.
The victory made it two in a row for River Ridge and bumps their season record up to 5-4-4. As for Gig Harbor, their win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-1-1.
River Ridge suffered a grim 4-0 defeat to Gig Harbor when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can River Ridge avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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