Soccer Preview: Urbana vs. Bellefontaine
Urbana is on a five-game streak of home losses, Bellefontaine an eight-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change on Wednesday. The Urbana Hillclimbers will welcome the Bellefontaine Chieftains at 7:30 p.m.
Urbana managed to keep up with West Liberty-Salem until halftime on Saturday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Urbana came up short against West Liberty-Salem, falling 3-0. While losing is never fun, the Hillclimbers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 504th, while the Tigers are ranked 230th).
Meanwhile, Bellefontaine kept a clean sheet against Shawnee on Monday. They were the clear victor by a 4-0 margin over the Braves. It was an even better day for Anderson Konz as he scored three goals for his team.
Urbana's loss dropped their record down to 2-11-1. As for Bellefontaine, their victory bumped their record up to 2-13.
Urbana came out on top in a nail-biter against Bellefontaine in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, sneaking past 3-2. Does Urbana have another victory up their sleeve, or will Bellefontaine turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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