Waterville has won five straight games at home, while Hamilton has won five straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Thursday. The Waterville Indians will welcome the Hamilton Emerald Knights at 6:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Hamilton better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Waterville really get things going. Waterville put the hurt on Utica Academy of Science with a sharp 5-2 win two weeks ago. Given the Indians' advantage in MaxPreps' New York soccer rankings (they are ranked 142nd, while the Atoms are ranked 407th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Hamilton's match on Tuesday was close up to the half, which is when they kicked things up a notch. Everything went their way against Cooperstown as Hamilton made off with a 4-1 victory.
Hamilton hit Cooperstown with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Levi Neuenschwander (2),
Gavin Hames, and
Bryce Wright.
Waterville's win bumped their record up to 5-2. As for Hamilton, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2-1 record this season.
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