Soccer Recap: Mt. Vernon Turns Things Around After Road Loss

By Team Reports Oct 11, 2024, 9:17am

Soccer Recap: Mt. Vernon vs. Carterville

Suggested Video

There's no place like home for Mt. Vernon, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Saturday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Carterville Lions on Wednesday. For the Rams, this counts as revenge for the 2-1 defeat the Lions walked away with the last time they faced one another back in October of 2023.

Mt. Vernon hit Carterville with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Grayden Shively, Pablo Castro, and Keegan Oathout.

The victory snapped Mt. Vernon's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 6-8 record. As for Carterville, the loss snapped their losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 5-5-2 record.

Mt. Vernon wasted no time getting back out on the pitch and has already played their next match, a 3-2 win against Centralia on the 10th. As for Carterville, they will venture away from home to square off against Freeburg at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Carterville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.6 goals per game this season.

Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps