The matchup between Mattoon and Salem on Tuesday hardly resembled the 2-0 effort from their previous meeting. The Mattoon Greenwave lost 7-2 to the Salem Wildcats. While losing is never fun, the Greenwave can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 316th, while the Wildcats are ranked 140th).
This is the second loss in a row for Mattoon and nudges their season record down to 10-11. As for Salem, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-2-1 record this season.
Mattoon will host Charleston at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Salem does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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