The Williston Northampton Wildcats are taking a road trip to square off against the Taft School Big Red at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Williston Northampton will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any goals last Wednesday, then bounced right back against Cheshire Academy on Wednesday. Williston Northampton was the clear victor by a 5-1 margin over Cheshire Academy.
Meanwhile, Taft School waltzed into their contest on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Their defense stepped up to hand the Pride a 7-0 shutout. Given the Big Red's advantage in MaxPreps' soccer rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked fifth in Connecticut, while the Pride are ranked 79th in New York), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The win got Williston Northampton back to even at 5-5-1. As for Taft School, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season.
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