The Rolling Meadows Mustangs will head out on the road to take on the Elk Grove Grenadiers at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Rolling Meadows has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with five straight losses, while Elk Grove will come in with three straight victories.
Rolling Meadows is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Conant on Tuesday. The Mustangs fell 2-0 to the Cougars. While losing is never fun, Rolling Meadows can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 243rd, while Conant are ranked 84th).
Meanwhile, Elk Grove hadn't done well against Hersey recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. The Grenadiers won by a goal and slipped past the Huskies 2-1.
Arthur Mikina and Olivier Bielecki scored both of Elk Grove's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 17 goals.
Elk Grove's win bumped their record up to 7-4-1. As for Rolling Meadows, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-8-3.
Rolling Meadows might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Elk Grove in their previous matchup on Saturday. Can the Mustangs avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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