On Tuesday Sault Area will have to hit the road after four straight games at home. They will square off against the Marquette Redmen at 5:00 p.m.
Sault Area's offense might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Houghton two weeks ago. They came up short against the Gremlins, falling 5-0. While losing is never fun, the Blue Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan soccer rankings (they are ranked 406th, while the Gremlins are ranked 117th).
Meanwhile, Marquette entered their tilt with Iron Mountain on Tuesday with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They never let the Mountaineers onto the board and left with an 8-0 win. The Redmen's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last seven matches.
Sault Area dropped their record down to 1-8 with the defeat, which was their third straight at home. As for Marquette, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-2-2 record this season.
Sault Area might still be hurting after the 8-0 loss they got from Marquette in their previous meeting back in August. Can Sault Area avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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