The Cooperstown Hawkeyes are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Hamilton Emerald Knights at 6:00 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Hamilton better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Cooperstown really get things going. Cooperstown's defense stepped up to hand Charlotte Valley a 3-0 shutout on Saturday. Given the Hawkeyes' advantage in MaxPreps' New York soccer rankings (they are ranked 159th, while the Wildcats are ranked 426th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Hamilton came tearing into Friday's game with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.7 goals) and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Atoms as they made off with a 6-2 win. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 4-1.
Hamilton's offense was hitting Utica Academy of Science from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Levi Neuenschwander led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Cooperstown's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-1. As for Hamilton, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2-1 record this season.
Cooperstown was able to grind out a solid win over Hamilton when the teams last played back in October of 2021, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Cooperstown 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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