The Cortland Purple Tigers will square off against the Solvay Bearcats at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
Cortland is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to six goals two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Chittenango on Tuesday. They lost 3-0 to the Bears. While losing is never fun, the Purple Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York soccer rankings (they are ranked 291st, while the Bears are ranked 76th).
Meanwhile, Solvay was not able to break out of their rough patch two weeks ago as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They came up short against Chittenango, falling 7-0.
Cortland's loss dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Solvay, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.
Cortland took their win against Solvay when the teams last played two weeks ago by a conclusive 6-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Cortland 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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