The Hampton Talbots will head out to challenge the Kiski Area Cavaliers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
Hampton's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Saturday's struggle, when North Allegheny offense got past them. Hampton lost 4-0 to North Allegheny on Saturday. The defeat continues a trend for the Talbots in their matchups with the Tigers: they've now lost eight in a row.
Meanwhile, Kiski Area was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their tenth straight loss. They came up short against Mars, falling 3-0. While losing is never fun, the Cavaliers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 467th, while the Fightin' Planets are ranked 36th).
Hampton's defeat dropped their record down to 6-2-3. As for Kiski Area, their loss dropped their record down to 0-10.
Everything went Hampton's way against Kiski Area in their previous matchup on September 5th, as Hampton made off with a 5-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hampton 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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