Soccer Preview: Greenville vs. Newton
The Greenville Comets will face off against the Newton Eagles at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Greenville is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.
Greenville will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal last Monday, then bounced right back against Southwestern last Tuesday. Everything went Greenville's way against Southwestern as Greenville made off with a 9-3 win. The Comets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight matches by four goals or more this season.
They hit Southwestern with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Andrew Martin (4),
Tayshaun Wells (3), and
Nolan Tabor (2).
Meanwhile, Newton fell victim to Salem and their airtight defense on Thursday. They came up short against the Wildcats, falling 8-0. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 316th, while the Wildcats are ranked 132nd).
Greenville is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-10-1 record this season. As for Newton, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-6-1.
Greenville might still be hurting after the 7-0 loss they got from Newton when the teams last played back in August of 2019. 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
