The Hurricane Redskins are taking a road trip to take on the Nitro Wildcats at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hurricane is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.7 goals per game this season.
Hurricane is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Huntington, who was ranked 22nd in their home state at the time (Hurricane was ranked 15th). Hurricane never let Huntington onto the board and left with a 3-0 win on Thursday. Considering the Redskins have won six contests by more than two goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Kendall Anderson and
Sara Toothman scored all three of Hurricane's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 29 goals.
Meanwhile, Nitro's game on Saturday was all tied up 1-1 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They fell just short of Greenbrier East by a score of 2-1. Having soared to a lofty seven goals in the game before, the Wildcats couldn't push the score so high this time.
Hurricane is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5-2 record this season. As for Nitro, their loss dropped their record down to 8-6-1.
Hurricane took their victory against Nitro in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 7-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hurricane 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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