Batesville is 2-8 against Lawrenceburg since September of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Bulldogs will square off against the Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Batesville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand Connersville a 4-0 shutout. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for Batesville considering their one-goal performance the matchup before.
They hit Connersville with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Marley Denning, Hailee Weisenbach, Maddie Prewitt, and Adalynn Fledderman.
Meanwhile, Lawrenceburg had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. Everything went their way against the Knights as they made off with a 4-0 win. The final result isn't all that surprising considering Lawrenceburg's considerable advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 32nd, while South Dearborn are ranked 96th).
Lawrenceburg's victory bumped their record up to 12-5-1. As for Batesville, their win bumped their record up to 11-5-1.
Batesville came up short against Lawrenceburg when the teams last played back in September, falling 2-0. Can the Bulldogs avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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