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Piqua has been away from home for two games now, but on Saturday they'll finally make their return. They will welcome the Urbana Hillclimbers at 11:45 a.m.

Piqua's offense might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against Sidney on Wednesday. They lost 3-0 to the Yellowjackets. The Indians have struggled against the Yellowjackets recently, as their game on Wednesday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.

Meanwhile, Urbana 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 Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Golden Panthers a 7-0 shutout. Considering the Hillclimbers have won four matchups by more than three goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.

Their offense was hitting Ponitz Career Tech from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Peyton Mounce led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.

Piqua's defeat dropped their record down to 4-4-2. As for Urbana, their victory bumped their record up to 4-2-2.

Piqua might still be hurting after the 8-2 loss they got from Urbana in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Piqua was down 7-1.

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