The Wilmington Hurricane will venture away from home to take on the New Richmond Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Wilmington has three straight victories, New Richmond has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Wilmington's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Goshen , sneaking past 1-0.
Meanwhile, New Richmond fell victim to Fayetteville-Perry and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Rockets. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 477th, while the Rockets are ranked 159th).
Wilmington now has a winning record of 3-2. As for New Richmond, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.
Wilmington took their win against New Richmond in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Wilmington 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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