Soccer Recap: Muscatine Takes a Loss

Muscatine lost against Ankeny back in March of 2018, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Muskies lost 5-0 to the Hawks. While losing is never fun, Muscatine can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Iowa soccer rankings (they are ranked 78th, while Ankeny are ranked fifth).

Muscatine has also traveled a rocky road recently, having lost three of their last four games. That's put a noticeable dent in their 7-7-2 record this season. As for Ankeny, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 10-4-2.

Muscatine didn't take long to hit the pitch again: they've already played their next match, a 5-0 defeat against Ankeny Christian Academy on the 9th. As for Ankeny, they have also already played their next contest, a 5-0 win against Durant on the 9th.