Hutto hasn't had much luck against Round Rock recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Hutto Hippos will square off against the Round Rock Dragons at 7:15 p.m.
Hutto is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to eight goals last Tuesday, they were much more limited against Round Rock Westwood on Tuesday. They fell 2-0 to the Warriors. While losing is never fun, the Hippos can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 239th in Texas, while the Warriors are ranked 51st in Texas).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Round Rock). Their defense stepped up to hand Manor a 10-0 shutout on Tuesday. The Dragons haven't had any issues with the Mustangs recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive victory against them.
Round Rock's win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 15-1. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 35 goals over those six games. As for Hutto, their loss dropped their record down to 6-6.
Hutto suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Round Rock in their previous matchup back in January. Can Hutto avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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