The Ripon Tigers are taking a road trip to face off against the Amherst Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Ripon has three straight wins, Amherst has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
It was a proper cat-fight when Ripon duked it out with Wild Rose on Tuesday. The Tigers came out on top against the Wildcats by a score of 2-0. Ripon's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three matchups.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Amherst's offense. They came up short against Berlin on Thursday, falling 7-0. While losing is never fun, Amherst can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin soccer rankings (they are ranked 221st, while Berlin are ranked 94th).
Ripon now has a winning record of 7-6-1. As for Amherst, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-10-1.
Ripon got the 'W' when the teams last played on Monday against Amherst by a conclusive 3-0 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Tigers 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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