Maiden was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their ninth straight defeat. They fell 2-0 to the Hickory Red Tornadoes. While losing is never fun, Maiden can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 459th, while Hickory are ranked 49th).
Maiden's loss dropped their record down to 2-11. As for Hickory, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 8-2-3.
We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Maiden will take on rival Bandys at 6:00 p.m. on October 2. Meanwhile, Hickory is set to face off against their familiar foe West Iredell at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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