Rome Free Academy is 0-10 against New Hartford since October of 2019 but things could change on Thursday. The Rome Free Academy Black Knights will square off against the New Hartford Spartans at 8:00 p.m.
Rome Free Academy's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against West Genesee on Saturday. They came up short against the Wildcats, falling 8-0. While losing is never fun, the Black Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York soccer rankings (they are ranked 199th, while the Wildcats are ranked second).
Meanwhile, New Hartford had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They never let the Red Devils onto the board and left with a 10-0 victory. The Spartans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matchups by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Vernon-Verona-Sherrill from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Amanda Graziano led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by herself.
Rome Free Academy now has a losing record at 5-6. As for New Hartford, their win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-3.
Rome Free Academy suffered a grim 8-2 defeat to New Hartford in their previous meeting back in September. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Rome Free Academy was down 6-0.
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