Soccer Preview: Martinsville vs. Franklin Community
On Wednesday Martinsville will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will challenge the Franklin Community Grizzly Cubs at 7:00 p.m. Martinsville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.9 goals per game this season.
Martinsville's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They blew past Perry Meridian 5-0. Considering the Artesians have won four contests by more than four goals this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Olivia Phillips and
Addalyn Berry scored all five of Martinsville's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 29 goals.
Meanwhile, Franklin Community fell victim to Bloomington South and their airtight defense on Monday. They came up short against the Panthers, falling 3-0. While losing is never fun, the Grizzly Cubs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 138th, while the Panthers are ranked 20th).
Martinsville now has a winning record of 6-5. As for Franklin Community, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-5-1.
Martinsville skirted past Franklin Community 1-0 in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Martinsville 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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