The Sault Area Blue Devils will head out on the road to face off against the Houghton Gremlins at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Sault Area is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses.
Last Tuesday, Sault Area came up short against Marquette and fell 3-1. While losing is never fun, the Blue Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan soccer rankings (they are ranked 405th, while the Redmen are ranked 46th).
Meanwhile, Houghton managed to keep up with Marquette until halftime on Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Houghton lost 3-0 to Marquette. That's two games in a row now that the Gremlins have lost by exactly three goals.
Sault Area's defeat dropped their record down to 1-9. As for Houghton, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-4-2 record this season.
Sault Area might still be hurting after the 5-0 loss they got from Houghton in their previous meeting back in September. Can Sault Area avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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