Xavier has won five straight games at home, while Hand has won five straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Thursday. The Xavier Falcons will host the Hand Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Xavier is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Connecticut's top teams: Cheshire, who was ranked 25th in their home state at the time (Xavier was ranked fifth). Xavier's defense stepped up to hand Cheshire a 2-0 shutout on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, everything went Hand's way against Fairfield Prep on Tuesday as Hand made off with a 4-0 win. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matches by three goals or more this season.
Xavier has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-2-2 record this season. As for Hand, their victory bumped their record up to 12-1-2.
Xavier skirted past Hand 2-1 in their previous matchup back in September. Will Xavier repeat their success, or does Hand have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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