After flying high against Brookfield on Saturday, Rootstown came back down to earth. The Rovers took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Kirtland Hornets on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, Rootstown can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 314th, while Kirtland are ranked 146th).
Rootstown's loss dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Kirtland, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-1.
Rootstown didn't take long to hit the pitch again: they've already played their next match, a 1-0 defeat against Springfield on the 11th. As for Kirtland, they have also already played their next game, a 3-1 victory against Madison on the 11th.
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