The Ashland Hornets will challenge the Deer Isle-Stonington Mariners at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Ashland's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They had just enough and edged East Grand out 1-0.
Meanwhile, Deer Isle-Stonington was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They came up short against Calais, falling 6-0. While losing is never fun, the Mariners can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Maine soccer rankings (they are ranked 122nd, while the Blue Devils are ranked 32nd).
Ashland's win bumped their record up to 2-5-1. As for Deer Isle-Stonington, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
Everything went Ashland's way against Deer Isle-Stonington in their previous meeting two weeks ago, as Ashland made off with a 5-0 victory. Will Ashland repeat their success, or does Deer Isle-Stonington have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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