The New Palestine Dragons will square off against the East Central Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. New Palestine is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.6 goals per game this season.
Last Thursday, it was close, but New Palestine sidestepped Roncalli for a 2-1 victory. That's two games straight that the Dragons have won by just one goal.
Tylar Whitaker was the driving force of New Palestine's attack as she scored both of New Palestine's goals, bringing her season total up to 23 goals.
Meanwhile, with a playoff game on the line, East Central rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They never let the Red Devils onto the board and left with a 12-0 win. Considering the Trojans have won 11 games by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
New Palestine is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. As for East Central, their victory bumped their record up to 14-2-1.
New Palestine came up short against East Central in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Can New Palestine avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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