Soccer Preview: Sacred Heart-Griffin vs. Greenville
Sacred Heart-Griffin has enjoyed the comforts of home their last five games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the Greenville Comets at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Sacred Heart-Griffin is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They never let Pana onto the board and left with a 9-0 win. Considering Sacred Heart-Griffin has won 14 matches by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Pana from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Emma Johnson led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Greenville had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 goals), and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. While the 1-1 score might suggest a draw, it was the Comets who were credited with the victory. Greenville got it done in the shootout by posting four goals to Staunton's three. One seems to be a good number for Greenville as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Sacred Heart-Griffin is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season. As for Greenville, they pushed their record up to 23-3-1 with that victory, which was their third straight at home.
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