Soccer Preview: Hale Ray and Cromwell Square Off

Hale Ray has played every game this season on their home pitch, but they'll have to hit the road on Monday. They will face off against the Cromwell Panthers at 4:00 p.m. Cromwell is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.8 goals per game this season.

Hale Ray will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any goals last Friday, then bounced right back against Putnam on Thursday. The Little Noises put the hurt on the Clippers with a sharp 7-1 victory.

Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Cromwell duked it out with Old Lyme on Friday. The Panthers' defense stepped up to hand the Wildcats a 1-0 shutout. The win made it back-to-back victories for Cromwell.

Hale Ray's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-3. As for Cromwell, their victory brought them up to 6-2-1.