The Hartselle Tigers are taking a road trip to square off against the Cullman Bearcats at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hartselle is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.8 goals per game this season.
Hartselle is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alabama's top teams: Huntsville, who was ranked 12th at the time (Hartselle was ranked 13th). The Tigers fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. The match was a 1-1 toss-up at halftime, but Hartselle couldn't quite close it out.
Claire Harper and Lilly Culpepper scored both of Hartselle's goals, bringing their combined season tally to eight goals.
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last matchup, Cullman made sure to put some goals up on the board against Jasper on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Vikings a 10-0 shutout. Considering Cullman have won 13 contests by more than two goals this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Cullman's win bumped their record up to 15-3. As for Hartselle, with the defeat, they broke their four-match winning streak and moved their record to 15-5-1.
Hartselle beat Cullman by a goal in their previous meeting on Monday, winning 4-3. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Tigers 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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