Soccer Preview: Harding vs. Nordonia
The Harding Raiders and the Nordonia Knights are set to duel on Saturday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Harding's offense might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against Howland on Wednesday. They lost 6-0 to the Tigers. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 189th, while the Tigers are ranked 43rd).
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 1-1 at halftime, Nordonia was not quite Stow-Munroe Falls' equal in the second half on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Bulldogs by a score of 2-1.
Nordonia's goal came courtesy of
Addison Francis, who's now up to three this season.
Harding's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-6-1. As for Nordonia, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost seven of their last eight games, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-9 record this season.
Harding skirted past Nordonia 1-0 in their previous matchup back in August of 2023. Will Harding repeat their success, or does Nordonia have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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