Tuscola is 10-0 against East Henderson since May of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Tuscola Mountaineers will look to defend their home pitch against the East Henderson Eagles at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Tuscola has three straight victories, East Henderson has nine straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Tuscola's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. Everything went their way against Smoky Mountain as Tuscola made off with a 5-0 win. Give Tuscola's defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for East Henderson's offense. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Brevard on Thursday. While losing is never fun, East Henderson can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 322nd, while Brevard is ranked 74th).
Tuscola pushed their record up to 6-4-3 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for East Henderson, their loss dropped their record down to 1-9-4.
Tuscola took their win against East Henderson in their previous meeting on April 3rd by a conclusive 5-0. Does Tuscola have another victory up their sleeve, or will East Henderson turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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