The Rudder Rangers will venture away from home to square off against the Huntsville Hornets at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Rudder is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Bastrop just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Bears by a score of 2-1. The loss was the Rangers' first of the season.
Meanwhile, Huntsville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They were a single goal away from ending the streak, but they lost a 2-1 heartbreaker at the hands of Kingwood Park. While losing is never fun, the Hornets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 444th, while the Panthers are ranked 112th).
Huntsville's loss dropped their record down to 1-5-1. As for Rudder, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 4-1.
Rudder might still be hurting after the 8-1 loss they got from Huntsville in their previous meeting back in January of 2017. Can Rudder avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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