The Roxana Shells will head out on the road to challenge the Staunton Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Roxana is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to five goals on Saturday, they were much more limited against Columbia on Tuesday. They lost 13-0 to the Eagles. The Shells haven't had much luck with the Eagles recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Staunton, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand Vandalia a 9-0 shutout on Tuesday. The result was nothing new for the Bulldogs, who have now won six games by four goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Vandalia from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Ty Simpson led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for four goals all by himself.
Roxana's defeat dropped their record down to 5-10. As for Staunton, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season.
Roxana came up short against Staunton when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Roxana avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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