Soccer Preview: Hampton vs. Fox Chapel
The Hampton Talbots will venture away from home to square off against the Fox Chapel Foxes at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Hampton will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal back in August, then bounced right back against Knoch last Tuesday. Hampton was the clear victor by a 6-1 margin over Knoch. The score was all tied up 1-1 at the break, but the Talbots were the better team in the second half.
Meanwhile, Fox Chapel put another one in the bag on Monday to keep their perfect season alive. Their defense stepped up to hand Mars a 1-0 shutout. Give the Foxes' defense some credit: that's the team's fifth straight shutout.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of
Emily McKee, who's now up to ten this season.
The victory made it two in a row for Hampton and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Fox Chapel, their win bumped their record up to 5-0.
Hampton suffered a grim 6-0 defeat to Fox Chapel in their previous matchup back in September of 2021. Can Hampton avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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