Soccer Preview: Mercer vs. Sharpsville
Mercer is 7-1 against Sharpsville since October of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Mercer Mustangs will be playing at home against the Sharpsville Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Mercer is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Their defense stepped up to hand West Middlesex a 12-0 shutout on Thursday. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Mustangs with their most commanding win of the season.
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last match, Sharpsville made sure to put some goals up on the board against West Middlesex on Monday. They put the hurt on the Big Reds with a sharp 11-1 victory. Considering the Blue Devils have won four contests by more than three goals this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
The win got Mercer back to even at 6-6-1. As for Sharpsville, their victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-9.
Everything went Mercer's way against Sharpsville in their previous matchup last Tuesday, as Mercer made off with a 5-1 win. Does Mercer have another victory up their sleeve, or will Sharpsville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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