Soccer Preview: Fairfield Prep vs. Hand
The Fairfield Prep Jesuits will venture away from home to face off against the Hand Tigers at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Fairfield Prep is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They blew past Career Magnet 7-1 on Saturday. Given the Jesuits' advantage in MaxPreps' Connecticut soccer rankings (they are ranked 34th, while the Panthers are ranked 160th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Hand waltzed into their match on Wednesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They never let the Grizzlies onto the board and left with a 3-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Tigers, who have now won seven contests by three goals or more so far this season.
They hit Guilford with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Oliver Wilker,
Finlay McConville, and
Harrison Hodge.
Fairfield Prep's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-4-2. As for Hand, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-1-2 record this season.
Fairfield Prep might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Hand in their previous meeting back in September. Can Fairfield Prep avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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