Preview: Alameda vs. Newark Memorial
The Alameda Hornets will take on the Newark Memorial Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Alameda sitting on seven straight wins and Newark Memorial on 13.
Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Alameda walked away with it. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over the Cowboys on Tuesday. Three seems to be a good number for Alameda as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
They hit Livermore with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Jackson Babbitt,
Dylan Speed, and
Carter Babbitt.
Meanwhile, Newark Memorial can now show off 13 landslide victories after their most recent match on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand James Logan a 3-0 shutout. Give Newark Memorial's defense some credit: that's the team's seventh straight shutout.
Alameda is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 14 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5-4 record this season. As for Newark Memorial, they pushed their record up to 20-0-3 with that win, which was their ninth straight on the road.
Alameda suffered a grim 6-1 defeat to Newark Memorial in their previous matchup back in December of 2016. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Alameda was down 4-1.
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