The Amherst Falcons will venture away from home to square off against the Nekoosa Papermakers at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Amherst is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4 goals per game this season.
Amherst is headed into the contest having not lost since September 18 and will look to keep things rolling. Everything went their way against Northland Lutheran on Thursday as they made off with a 5-2 win. The victory continues a trend for Amherst in their matchups with Northland Lutheran: they've now won eight in a row.
Ayden Kazda and Shayden Abbott-Beversdorf scored all five of Amherst's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 27 goals.
Meanwhile, Nekoosa was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They lost 6-1 to Columbus Catholic. While losing is never fun, Nekoosa can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin soccer rankings (they are ranked 201st, while Columbus Catholic are ranked 70th).
Nekoosa's loss dropped their record down to 5-7-1. As for Amherst, their win bumped their record up to 10-2-2.
Amherst was able to grind out a solid victory over Nekoosa when the teams last played back in October of 2024, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Falcons since the team 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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