Carterville waltzed into their match on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Their defense stepped up to hand the Pinckneyville Panthers a 7-0 shutout. Carterville's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three matchups.
Their offense was hitting Pinckneyville from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Lilly Leadingham led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Carterville pushed their record up to 5-1-1 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 16 goals over those three contests. As for Pinckneyville, their loss dropped their record down to 3-6-1.
Carterville will stay at home for another game and welcome Anna-Jonesboro/Cobden at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Anna-Jonesboro/Cobden 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 268th, while Carterville is ranked 89th). As for Pinckneyville, they will look to defend their home pitch on Thursday against DuQuoin at 4:30 p.m. Pinckneyville is facing DuQuoin at the right time seeing as DuQuoin is stuck on an 11-game losing streak.
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