The Rochelle Hubs will challenge the Ottawa Pirates at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Rochelle will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
Rochelle's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They came out on top against LaSalle-Peru by a score of 2-0. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Hubs were the better team in the second half.
Despite a strong season so far, Ottawa has seen their luck take a bit of a downturn recently. They came up short against Mendota on Saturday, falling 7-1. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 204th, while the Trojans are ranked 71st).
Rochelle now has a winning record of 11-10-1. As for Ottawa, their loss dropped their record down to 12-6.
Rochelle beat Ottawa 3-1 in their previous meeting back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for Rochelle since the team 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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