On Thursday, the Hampshire Trojans didn't have quite enough to beat the Mountain Ridge Miners and fell 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' soccer rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 68th in West Virginia, while the Miners are ranked 20th in Maryland).
Hampshire's loss dropped their record down to 8-6-2. As for Mountain Ridge, their win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-1-1.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Hampshire is on the road again on Monday to play Northern at 6:30 p.m. Northern's defense has only allowed 0.5 goals per game this season, so Hampshire's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Mountain Ridge, they will take on Allegany at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Mountain Ridge is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.9 goals per game this season.
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