Soccer Preview: Hopewell vs. Hough
Hopewell hasn't had much luck against Hough recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Hopewell Titans will challenge the Hough Huskies at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Hopewell sitting on 13 straight victories and Hough on six.
Hopewell's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They were the clear victor by a 6-0 margin over North Mecklenburg. The Titans' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last nine games.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hough). They blew past Harding University 10-0 on Monday. Considering the Huskies have won 13 matches by more than two goals this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Harding University from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Antonio Suarez led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
Hopewell pushed their record up to 18-1-2 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. As for Hough, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-7-3 record this season.
Hopewell skirted past Hough 1-0 in their previous matchup on October 7th. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hopewell since the squad 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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