The Southwestern Piasa Birds are on the road again on Friday to play the Greenville Comets at 4:00 p.m. Southwestern will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings (they are ranked 354th, while Greenville is ranked 157th).
Southwestern's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Mater Dei on Wednesday. They lost 9-0 to the Knights.
Meanwhile, Greenville stacked a ninth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Salem a 9-0 shutout. The result kept Greenville happy, as they haven't lost a game since April 9th.
They hit Salem with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Katie Campbell (4),
Emma Veith (2),
Adyson Bearley (2), and
Megan Ridens.
Southwestern has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-15 record this season. As for Greenville, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-3-1 record this season.
Southwestern suffered a grim 6-0 defeat to Greenville when the teams last played back in April. Can Southwestern avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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