Soccer Preview: Evansville Memorial vs. Center Grove
The Evansville Memorial Tigers are on the road again on Monday to play the Center Grove Trojans at 7:00 p.m. Evansville Memorial's defense has only allowed 0.5 goals per game this season, so Center Grove's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Evansville Memorial is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They put the hurt on Evansville Bosse with a sharp 12-0 victory on Tuesday. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked sixth, while the Bulldogs are ranked 212th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Evansville Memorial's offense was hitting Evansville Bosse from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Caringtyn Sturgeon led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Center Grove came up short against Homestead on Saturday and fell 5-3.
Center Grove's lineup was just a bit different on Saturday as Beatriz Gobert got a bit more time on the pitch (57 vs. her season average of 29.4). Gobert made the most of the opportunity, scoring two goals. A few more games like that and she might be seeing even more time going forward.
Evansville Memorial's win bumped their record up to 11-1-1. As for Center Grove, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-3-2.
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