Soccer Game Preview: Mena vs. Arkadelphia

The Mena Bearcats will challenge the Arkadelphia Badgers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.

Mena came into their game on Tuesday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They came up short against De Queen, falling 4-0. Mena haven't had much luck with De Queen recently, as the team has come up short the last nine times they've met.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Arkadelphia). They walked away with a 5-3 victory over Bauxite on Tuesday. Arkadelphia haven't had any issues with Bauxite recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive win against them.

Mena's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2-1. As for Arkadelphia, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-4.

Mena suffered a grim 7-2 defeat to Arkadelphia in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. Can the Bearcats avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.