Soccer Preview: Slippery Rock vs. Hickory
The Slippery Rock Rockets's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Hickory Hornets at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Wednesday, Slippery Rock beat Grove City 3-1.
Meanwhile, Hickory kept a clean sheet against Sharon on Wednesday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over the Tigers. Given the Hornets' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 148th, while the Tigers are ranked 523rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Pacy Ohlinger and
Jakob Harmer scored both of Hickory's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 17 goals.
Slippery Rock is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season. As for Hickory, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 11-2.
Slippery Rock beat Hickory 2-0 in their previous meeting back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for Slippery Rock 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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