The Hamilton Emerald Knights are taking a road trip to square off against the Waterville Indians at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Waterville is hoping to do what Cooperstown couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to Hamilton's winning streak, which now stands at five games. Everything went Hamilton's way against Cooperstown as Hamilton made off with a 4-1 victory. The score was close at the half, but the Emerald Knights pulled away in the second half with two goals.
They hit Cooperstown with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Levi Neuenschwander (2),
Gavin Hames, and
Bryce Wright.
Meanwhile, Waterville's and Utica Academy of Science's match two weeks ago was close at halftime, but Waterville turned on the heat in the second half with two goals. Waterville blew past Utica Academy of Science 5-2. 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.
Hamilton is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2-1 record this season. As for Waterville, they pushed their record up to 5-2 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home.
Hamilton skirted past Waterville 2-1 in their previous meeting back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hamilton since the squad 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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