Soccer Preview: Mountain Ridge vs. Hampshire
Mountain Ridge has gone 4-0 against Hampshire recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Mountain Ridge Miners' road trip will continue as they head out to face the Hampshire Trojans at 7:00 p.m. Mountain Ridge is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.4 goals per game this season.
Mountain Ridge is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They put the hurt on Fort Hill with a sharp 7-2 victory on Thursday. Considering the Miners have won nine matches by more than two goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Fort Hill from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Charlie Simpson led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Hampshire managed to keep up with Jefferson until halftime on Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Hampshire came up short against Jefferson, falling 3-0. Having soared to a lofty seven goals in the game before, the Trojans' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Mountain Ridge pushed their record up to 11-0 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Hampshire, they have been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-9-1 record this season.
Mountain Ridge took their victory against Hampshire in their previous meeting back in September of 2018 by a conclusive 9-0. Does Mountain Ridge have another victory up their sleeve, or will Hampshire turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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