The Marion Giants will face off against the Mississinewa Indians at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Marion headed into their last match having not scored more than one goal for three straight, but Tippecanoe Valley let them put that streak behind them. Marion put the hurt on Tippecanoe Valley with a sharp 5-2 victory on Saturday. The score was close at the half, but the Giants pulled away in the second half with three goals.
They hit Tippecanoe Valley with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Jayme Hardwick (2),
Raven Sollars (2), and Sollars (2).
Meanwhile, Mississinewa had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.8 goals) and they went ahead and made it five on Saturday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Bruins a 4-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Indians, who have now won five contests by three goals or more so far this season.
Marion's win bumped their record up to 5-8-1. As for Mississinewa, their victory bumped their record up to 9-2.
Marion might still be hurting after the 5-0 defeat they got from Mississinewa when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Marion avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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