Soccer Preview: Avon vs. Mooresville
Avon is 7-1-1 against Mooresville since August of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Avon Orioles will be staying on the road to face off against the Mooresville Pioneers at 5:00 p.m.
Avon is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Westfield last Wednesday. Avon came up short against Westfield, falling 5-0. While losing is never fun, the Orioles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 51st, while the Shamrocks are ranked sixth).
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Mooresville had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Hawks a 3-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Pioneers, who have now won seven games by three goals or more so far this season.
Lyla Jacobs and
Halle Brown scored all three of Mooresville's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 40 goals.
Avon's defeat dropped their record down to 6-6-2. As for Mooresville, they have been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5-1 record this season.
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