The Rocky River Ravens will square off against the Garinger Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Rocky River has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with five straight losses, while Garinger will come in with five straight wins.
Rocky River lost 9-1 to Providence on Monday. While losing is never fun, the Ravens can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 474th, while the Panthers are ranked 94th).
Rocky River's goal came courtesy of
Andre Marroquin, which was the first he's scored this season.
Meanwhile, Garinger won against Charlotte Catholic last Thursday with four goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Wednesday. Everything went Garinger's way against Providence as Garinger made off with a 4-1 victory. Considering the Wildcats have won six contests by more than two goals this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Rocky River's defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Garinger, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3-1 record this season.
Rocky River might still be hurting after the 10-3 loss they got from Garinger in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Rocky River avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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