Soccer Preview: Houghton vs. Marquette
The Houghton Gremlins will take on the Marquette Redmen at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Houghton is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to six goals back in August, they were much more limited against Kingsford on Thursday. They lost 6-0 to the Flivvers. The defeat continues a trend for the Gremlins in their matchups with the Flivvers: they've now lost three in a row.
Meanwhile, Marquette had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.5 goals), and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They walked away with a 6-4 win over the Blackhawks. The score was all tied up 2-2 at the break, but the Redmen were the better team in the second half.
They hit Brandon with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Finn Stiles (2),
Kaleb Chipelewski (2), and
Charlie Hrodey.
Houghton's loss dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Marquette, their victory bumped their record up to 5-1.
Houghton suffered a grim 7-0 defeat to Marquette in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. Will Houghton have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other soccer content.
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