Preview: Fort Bend Austin vs. Fort Bend Hightower
Fort Bend Austin is 5-0 against Fort Bend Hightower since January of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Fort Bend Austin Bulldogs will head out on the road to challenge the Fort Bend Hightower Hurricanes at 7:15 p.m. Fort Bend Austin is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
Last Thursday, Fort Bend Austin sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Fort Bend Bush. The win was just what Fort Bend Austin needed coming off of a 3-0 defeat in their prior match.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Sydney Mccoy and
Izzy Wibben, who scored both of Fort Bend Austin's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 12 so far this season.
Meanwhile, sadly, Fort Bend Hightower is still looking for their first win of the season after 18 contests. Their tough 9-0 loss to Fort Bend Clements on Friday might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Fort Bend Hightower can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 668th, while Fort Bend Clements is ranked 130th).
The win got Fort Bend Austin back to even at 9-9-1. As for Fort Bend Hightower, their loss dropped their record down to 0-17-1.
Everything went Fort Bend Austin's way against Fort Bend Hightower in their previous matchup back in February as Fort Bend Austin made off with a 4-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Fort Bend Austin 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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