The Mt. Pleasant Tigers will venture away from home to square off against the Jacksonville Fightin' Indians at 6:15 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty goal totals in their previous games.
Mt. Pleasant's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Marshall with a sharp 6-0 win. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 211th, while the Mavericks are ranked 622nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, on TuesdayTexas kept up with Jacksonville until halftime, but afterwards: not so much. Everything went Jacksonville's way against Texas as Jacksonville made off with a 5-1 victory. The Fightin' Indians might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 15 contests by three goals or more this season.
Mt. Pleasant is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 15 goals over those five matchups. Jacksonville pushed their record up to 18-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road.
Mt. Pleasant suffered a grim 6-0 defeat to Jacksonville in their previous matchup back in February. Can Mt. Pleasant avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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