Soccer Preview: South Bend Riley vs. Elkhart
South Bend Riley is 0-4 against Elkhart since August of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The South Bend Riley Wildcats are on the road again to play the Elkhart Lions at 7:15 p.m. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
Last Saturday, South Bend Riley sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over Lakeland.
Meanwhile, Elkhart had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.5 goals), and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Raiders a 1-0 shutout. Give the Lions' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
South Bend Riley now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Elkhart, they pushed their record up to 4-4 with that win, which was their third straight on the road.
South Bend Riley might still be hurting after the 8-0 defeat they got from Elkhart in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can South Bend Riley avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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