The Shelby Golden Lions will head out to square off against the East Rutherford Cavaliers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Shelby has 13 straight victories, East Rutherford has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Shelby's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy.
Alyvia Berkowitz and Stella Martin scored both of Shelby's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 28 goals.
Meanwhile, East Rutherford lost 4-1 to Polk County on Monday. While losing is never fun, East Rutherford can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 312th, while Polk County are ranked 100th).
Shelby pushed their record up to 13-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for East Rutherford, their loss dropped their record down to 4-10.
Shelby was able to grind out a solid win over East Rutherford in their previous matchup back in March, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Golden Lions 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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