Soccer Preview: Somerset vs. Westmont Hilltop
The Somerset Eagles will venture away from home to square off against the Westmont Hilltop Hilltoppers at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Somerset is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last five games.
Somerset is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They were the clear victor by a 9-1 margin over Greater Johnstown on Monday. With the Eagles ahead 6-1 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Their offense was hitting Greater Johnstown from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Declan Egal led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Westmont Hilltop entered their tilt with Richland on Monday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They came out on top against the Rams by a score of 3-1.
Somerset has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-5-1 record this season. As for Westmont Hilltop, they now have a winning record of 7-6.
Somerset took their win against Westmont Hilltop when the teams last played back in August by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Somerset 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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