Houghton managed to keep up with Marquette until halftime on Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Houghton Gremlins lost 3-0 to the Marquette Redmen. While losing is never fun, the Gremlins can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan soccer rankings (they are ranked 152nd, while the Redmen are ranked 46th).
Houghton has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-4-2 record this season. As for Marquette, the win was the ninth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 14-2-2.
Houghton will face off against Sault Area at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Houghton is facing Sault Area at the right time seeing as Sault Area is stuck on a four-game losing streak. Marquette does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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