Soccer Preview: Carlyle vs. East Alton-Wood River
Carlyle is 2-7 against East Alton-Wood River since September of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Carlyle Indians/Lady Indians will be playing at home against the East Alton-Wood River Oilers at 4:30 p.m. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Carlyle is headed into Tuesday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Saturday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Teutopolis. The contest was a 1-1 toss-up at halftime, but the Indians/Lady Indians couldn't quite close it out.
Their goal came courtesy of
Caden Loepker, who's now up to 22 this season.
Meanwhile, East Alton-Wood River was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They came up short against Columbia, falling 10-0. While losing is never fun, the Oilers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 467th, while the Eagles are ranked 31st).
Carlyle's loss dropped their record down to 6-8. As for East Alton-Wood River, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-10.
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