St. Stephens lost against Hickory back in April of 2024, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. St. Stephens fell just short of Hickory by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, St. Stephens can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 99th, while Hickory are ranked 18th).
St. Stephens' loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 1-1-1 and their overall record down to 3-2-3. As for Hickory, the win (which was their eighth in a row) raised their record to 10-1-1.
While St. Stephens had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
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