Soccer Preview: Travelers Rest vs. Greer
Travelers Rest is 8-2 against Greer since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Travelers Rest Devildogs will head out on the road to square off against the Greer Yellow Jackets at 5:30 p.m. Travelers Rest will be strutting in after a victory while Greer will be coming in after a loss.
Travelers Rest can now show off six landslide victories after their most recent game on Tuesday. They blew past Blue Ridge 6-0. The high-scoring effort was just what Travelers Rest needed considering they were shutout in their previous matchup.
They hit Blue Ridge with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Rian Sharp (3),
Ella Loftis,
Mabry Mullis, and
Kayleigh Wilson.
Meanwhile, after soaring to four goals the game before, Greer was a bit more limited in their match on Tuesday. Their tough 8-0 defeat to Eastside might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Greer can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 97th, while Eastside is ranked fifth).
Travelers Rest has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5-1 record this season. As for Greer, they now have a losing record at 7-8.
Everything went Travelers Rest's way against Greer in their previous meeting back in February as Travelers Rest made off with a 7-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Travelers Rest since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
