Soccer Preview: Hays vs. Hesston
The Hays Indians will head out on the road to face off against the Hesston Swathers at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hays is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.5 goals per game this season.
Hays will bounce into Tuesday's game after beating Garden City, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Hays came out on top in a nail-biter against Garden City on Thursday, sneaking past 3-2.
Henry Speno and
Mason Schleicher scored all three of Hays' goals, bringing their combined season tally to 11 goals.
Meanwhile, Hesston was not able to break out of their rough patch last Thursday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They lost 12-0 to Liberal. While losing is never fun, the Swathers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas soccer rankings (they are ranked 93rd, while the Redskins are ranked 13th).
Hays' win bumped their record up to 7-8. As for Hesston, their loss dropped their record down to 4-9.
Everything went Hays' way against Hesston in their previous meeting two weeks ago, as Hays made off with an 8-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hays since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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