Soccer Preview: Fairfield vs. Oak Hills
Fairfield has gone 7-0-2 against Oak Hills recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Fairfield Indians are taking a road trip to square off against the Oak Hills Highlanders at 7:15 p.m. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Fairfield managed to keep up with Anderson until halftime on Tuesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Fairfield lost 5-1 to Anderson. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 169th, while the Raptors are ranked 38th).
Meanwhile, Oak Hills hasn't lost a match since September 12th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Tuesday. They and Kings finished up their match with a 1-1 draw.
Oak Hills' goal came courtesy of
Evan Fugett, which was the first he's scored this season.
This is the second loss in a row for Fairfield and nudges their season record down to 5-6-3. Oak Hills' draw makes their record 3-5-7 this season.
Fairfield came out on top in a nail-biter against Oak Hills in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Fairfield 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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