Soccer Preview: Harding vs. Austintown-Fitch
After three games on the road, Harding is heading back home. They will host the Austintown-Fitch Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Harding is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.1 goals per game this season.
Harding's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. Everything went their way against LaBrae as Harding made off with a 7-0 win. The Raiders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matches by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting LaBrae from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Hannah Brown led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Austintown-Fitch was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Canfield. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 273rd, while the Cardinals are ranked 58th).
Harding now has a winning record of 5-4. As for Austintown-Fitch, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-6-1.
Harding suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Austintown-Fitch when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Harding avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
