Hillside is 1-9 against Riverside-Durham since September of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Hillside Hornets will be staying on the road to face off against the Riverside-Durham Pirates at 6:45 p.m.
Hillside's offense might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Jordan on Thursday. They came up short against the Falcons, falling 5-0.
Meanwhile, it may have taken extra minutes to finish the job, but Riverside-Durham ultimately got the result they hoped for on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Northern Durham 2-1. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 114th, while the Knights are ranked 428th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Gustavo Lagos and
John Feller scored both of Riverside-Durham's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 14 goals.
Hillside's defeat dropped their record down to 5-8-1. As for Riverside-Durham, they now have a winning record of 6-5-3.
Hillside might still be hurting after the 7-3 loss they got from Riverside-Durham in their previous meeting last Thursday. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Hillside was down 5-2.
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