Soccer Preview: Merritt Island vs. Rockledge
Merritt Island is 8-1-1 against Rockledge since December of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Merritt Island Mustangs will host the Rockledge Raiders at 7:00 p.m. Merritt Island's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Merritt Island is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy on Wednesday. Merritt Island took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 237th, while the Tigers are ranked 65th).
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Friday Rockledge sidestepped Mainland for a 2-1 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Raiders.
Rockledge's win bumped their record up to 3-4-1. As for Merritt Island, their loss dropped their record down to 1-4-1.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
