Soccer Preview: Greenville vs. Slippery Rock
Greenville is 0-10 against Slippery Rock since September of 2020 but things could change on Wednesday. The Greenville Trojans will be staying on the road to face off against the Slippery Rock Rockets at 7:00 p.m. Greenville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.2 goals per game this season.
Greenville's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They were the clear victor by an 8-0 margin over Sharon. The result was nothing new for the Trojans, who have now won four contests by six goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Sharon from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Lily Bailey led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Slippery Rock hasn't lost a match since September 17th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Monday. They came out on top against Hickory by a score of 2-0.
The victory got Greenville back to even at 6-6. As for Slippery Rock, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2-1 record this season.
Greenville suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Slippery Rock in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Can Greenville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
