The Hudson Explorers will face off against the Jackson Polar Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Hudson will be coming into the game with an undefeated record on the line.
Hudson is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Ohio's top teams: Twinsburg, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (Hudson was ranked fourth). Hudson came out on top against Twinsburg by a score of 3-1 on Wednesday. Three seems to be a good number for the Explorers as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
They hit Twinsburg with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Peyton Pierce,
Elliana Durachinsky, and
Hannah Meese.
Meanwhile, Jackson hasn't lost a match yet, a trend which continued in their latest game on Saturday. They skirted past Wadsworth 3-2. Given the Polar Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked tenth, while the Grizzlies are ranked 212th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Hudson pushed their record up to 6-0 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Jackson, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-0-2 record this season.
Hudson came out on top in a nail-biter against Jackson in their previous matchup back in October of 2022, sneaking past 1-0. Will Hudson repeat their success, or does Jackson have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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