Soccer Preview: Slippery Rock vs. Sharon
On Monday Slippery Rock will have to hit the road after five straight games at home. They will venture away from home to square off against the Sharon Tigers at 5:00 p.m. Slippery Rock will be strutting in after a victory while Sharon will be coming in after a defeat.
On Wednesday, Slippery Rock needed a bit of extra time to put away Greenville. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Trojans 3-2.
Meanwhile, Sharon was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They lost 11-0 to Grove City. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 493rd, while the Eagles are ranked 110th).
Slippery Rock has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2-1 record this season. As for Sharon, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-7.
Slippery Rock took their victory against Sharon in their previous matchup last Monday by a conclusive 6-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Slippery Rock since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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