The Sumner Tigers are taking a road trip to take on the Schenck Wolverines at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Sumner has five straight victories, Schenck has eight straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Sumner will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Monday, then bounced right back against Narraguagus on Thursday. Sumner put the hurt on Narraguagus with a sharp 12-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Tigers, who have now won six games by three goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Narraguagus from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Bristol Parritt led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for six goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Schenck lost 10-4 to Hodgdon on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Wolverines can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Maine soccer rankings (they are ranked 94th, while the Hawks are ranked 25th).
Sumner pushed their record up to 9-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Schenck, their loss dropped their record down to 0-8.
Sumner took their win against Schenck in their previous meeting two weeks ago by a conclusive 8-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Sumner 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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