Clover is 1-9 against J.L. Mann since May of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Clover Blue Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the J.L. Mann Patriots at 7:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Clover comes in on three and J.L. Mann on four.
Clover is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: Mauldin, who was ranked first in their home state at the time (Clover was ranked fifth). Clover's defense stepped up to hand Mauldin a 1-0 shutout on Saturday. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Clover was the better team in the second half.
Meanwhile, J.L. Mann gave up the first goal on Saturday, but they didn't let that get them down. They had just enough and edged Nation Ford out 2-1. Two seems to be a good number for J.L. Mann as the team scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Laney Keith and
Amy Herbert scored both of J.L. Mann's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 11 goals.
Clover has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season. As for J.L. Mann, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-4.
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