Rudder is 1-7 against College Station since February of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Rudder Rangers will head out to face off against the College Station Cougars at 7:30 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
On Tuesday, Rudder didn't have quite enough to beat Lake Creek and fell 3-2. While losing is never fun, the Rangers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 264th, while the Lions are ranked 111th).
Enrique Tirado-Lopez and Everardo Garcia scored both of Rudder's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 12 goals.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when College Station faced off against A&M Consolidated on Tuesday. College Station fell just short of A&M Consolidated by a score of 2-1. Having soared to a lofty four goals in the game before, the Cougars couldn't push the score so high this time.
This is the second loss in a row for Rudder and nudges their season record down to 7-5. As for College Station, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-5.
Rudder was able to grind out a solid win over College Station in their previous matchup on February 4th, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Rudder 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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