Soccer Preview: Taylorville vs. Mahomet-Seymour
Taylorville is 0-10 against Mahomet-Seymour since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Taylorville Tornadoes will be staying on the road to face off against the Mahomet-Seymour Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. Taylorville will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings (they are ranked 373rd, while Mahomet-Seymour is ranked 92nd).
Taylorville is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Meridian/Sangamon Valley on Monday. Taylorville lost 4-1 to Meridian/Sangamon Valley.
Meanwhile, Mahomet-Seymour has not lost a match since April 15th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Tuesday. They came out on top against Mattoon by a score of 3-1.
Mahomet-Seymour hit Mattoon with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Jaycee Fancher,
Erika Johnson, and
Ella Walk.
Taylorville's defeat dropped their record down to 0-7-1. As for Mahomet-Seymour, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-3-3 record this season.
Taylorville suffered a grim 9-0 defeat to Mahomet-Seymour when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Can Taylorville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
