The Mt. Vernon Yellowjackets will venture away from home to take on the Mansfield Senior Tygers at 6:15 p.m. on Monday. Mt. Vernon is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.7 goals per game this season.
Last Thursday, Mt. Vernon narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Licking Heights 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Yellowjackets.
Meanwhile, Mansfield Senior's game on Saturday was all tied up 1-1 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They fell just short of Norwalk by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Tygers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 241st, while the Truckers are ranked 113th).
Mt. Vernon has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 6-5-1 record this season. As for Mansfield Senior, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-6.
Mt. Vernon skirted past Mansfield Senior 1-0 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mt. Vernon since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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