Soccer Preview: Pinckneyville vs. Murphysboro
Pinckneyville is 0-7 against Murphysboro since May of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Pinckneyville Panthers will head out on the road to face off against the Murphysboro Red Devils at 4:30 p.m. The pair are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
After failing to score in their last contest, Pinckneyville made sure to put some goals up on the board against DuQuoin on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Indians with a sharp 7-1 win. With Pinckneyville ahead 7-0 at the half, the match was all but over already.
They hit DuQuoin with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Hannah Halsted (3),
Vanessa Teel (3), and
Deserae Sroka.
Meanwhile, Murphysboro came tearing into Tuesday's game with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.3 goals) and they left with even more momentum. Their defense stepped up to hand the Bulldogs a 9-0 shutout. Considering Murphysboro has won six matchups by more than four goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Pinckneyville pushed their record up to 4-6-1 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 15 goals over those three contests. As for Murphysboro, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2-2 record this season.
Pinckneyville suffered a grim 9-0 defeat to Murphysboro in their previous matchup back in March. Can Pinckneyville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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