The Stevens Point Panthers will head out on the road to face off against the D.C. Everest Evergreens at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Stevens Point is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
Stevens Point is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to six goals on Thursday, they were much more limited against Bay Port on Saturday. They lost 5-0 to the Pirates. While losing is never fun, Stevens Point can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin soccer rankings (they are ranked 86th, while Bay Port is ranked fourth).
Meanwhile, D.C. Everest came tearing into Tuesday's contest with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Old Abes by a score of 6-4. That's two games straight that D.C. Everest has won by exactly two goals.
Stevens Point's defeat dropped their record down to 9-7-1. As for D.C. Everest, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-2-2 record this season.
Stevens Point might still be hurting after the 6-1 loss they got from D.C. Everest in their previous meeting back in April. Can Stevens Point avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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