Soccer Preview: Hibriten vs. Ashe County
Hibriten is 8-0 against Ashe County since March of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Hibriten Panthers will head out on the road to square off against the Ashe County Huskies at 6:00 p.m. Hibriten is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.6 goals per game this season.
Hibriten stacked a seventh blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. They never let Freedom onto the board and left with a 9-0 victory. Hibriten's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three matchups.
Their offense was hitting Freedom from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Raegan Watts led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for four goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Ashe County has not done well against Alexander Central recently (they were 1-7 in their previous eight matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Ashe County skirted past Alexander Central 1-0. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Ashe County was the better team in the second half.
Hibriten is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-0-2 record this season. As for Ashe County, they now have a winning record of 8-7-1.
Hibriten took their win against Ashe County in their previous meeting on April 12th by a conclusive 8-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hibriten 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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