Merrillville is 0-8 against Hobart since September of 2017 but things could change on Thursday. The Merrillville Pirates will be staying on the road to face off against the Hobart Brickies at 5:00 p.m.
Merrillville's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Crown Point on Tuesday. They came up short against the Bulldogs, falling 10-0. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 232nd, while the Bulldogs are ranked 12th).
Meanwhile, Hobart had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.3 goals) and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They never let the Trojans onto the board and left with a 6-0 victory. The Brickies might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matchups by three goals or more this season.
They hit Highland with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Kurah Krucina (3),
Natalie Hostetler,
Makenna Rotz, and
Addy Hendricks.
Merrillville's defeat dropped their record down to 2-12-1. As for Hobart, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-2-1 record this season.
Merrillville suffered a grim 5-2 defeat to Hobart in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. Can Merrillville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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