Statesville is 0-6 against Hickory since February of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Statesville Greyhounds will head out on the road to square off against the Hickory Red Tornadoes at 6:00 p.m. Statesville will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps North Carolina Rankings (they are ranked 437th, while Hickory is ranked 36th).
Sadly, Statesville is still looking for their first win of the season after five matches. They suffered a rough 9-0 loss at the hands of St. Stephens last Thursday. That's two games in a row now that Statesville has lost by exactly nine goals.
Meanwhile, Hickory entered their tilt with East Lincoln with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They came out on top against the Mustangs by a score of 5-3 last Thursday. The final score was a far cry from the score of their previous head-to-head, which saw the teams combine for two goals.
Hickory hit East Lincoln with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Piper Jillings (2),
Mia Zulueta (2), and
Ella Kate Stewart.
Statesville's defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Hickory, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 8-3-1 record this season.
Statesville might still be hurting after the 9-0 loss they got from Hickory when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Can Statesville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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