Soccer Game Preview:

The Springfield Southeast Spartans will head out on the road to square off against the Meridian/Sangamon Valley Hawks at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.

Having struggled with eight losses in a row, Springfield Southeast finally turned things around against Taylorville on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Tornadoes a 7-0 shutout. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for the Spartans' offense, which had struggled in the games prior.

They hit Taylorville with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from CARTER MURPHY (2), Morgan Geist (2), Dayane Azonnadou (2), and Azonnadou (2).

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Meridian/Sangamon Valley). They put the hurt on Vandalia with a sharp 7-4 win on Saturday. The result was nothing new for the Hawks, who have now won four games by three goals or more so far this season.

Springfield Southeast's first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-8. As for Meridian/Sangamon Valley, their win bumped their record up to 4-7.

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