The Richland County Tigers will look to defend their home pitch on Saturday against the Harrisburg Bulldogs at 10:00 a.m. Richland County is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last five games.
Richland County's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They came out on top against Centralia by a score of 2-0. Richland County's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three contests.
Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for Harrisburg's offense. Their rough 8-0 defeat to Murphysboro on Wednesday might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Harrisburg can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 336th, while Murphysboro is ranked 137th).
Richland County's win bumped their record up to 7-3. As for Harrisburg, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-10-1.
Richland County beat Harrisburg by a goal when the teams last played back in April of 2023, winning 4-3. Will Richland County repeat their success, or does Harrisburg have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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