Batavia is 8-2 against New Richmond since October of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Batavia Bulldogs will welcome the New Richmond Lions at 7:00 p.m. New Richmond took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Batavia, who comes in off a win.
Batavia took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Clinton-Massie a 9-0 shutout. The Bulldogs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight matchups by three goals or more this season.
Meanwhile, New Richmond has been on a difficult stretch since their win on the ninth. They fell just short of Seven Hills by a score of 2-1 on Thursday. 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 383rd, while the Stingers are ranked 158th).
New Richmond's goal came courtesy of
Izzy Hughes, who's now up to two this season.
Batavia's win bumped their record up to 9-4-1. As for New Richmond, their loss dropped their record down to 3-10-1.
Batavia took their victory against New Richmond when the teams last played back in August by a conclusive 7-0. Does Batavia have another victory up their sleeve, or will New Richmond turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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