The Lincoln Railsplitters will face off against the Monticello Sages at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Lincoln's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Decatur Eisenhower 5-0. The win continues a trend for Lincoln in their matchups with Decatur Eisenhower: they've now won five in a row.
Meanwhile, Monticello came tearing into Wednesday's match with 12 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.4 goals), and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Bulldogs as they made off with a 4-0 victory. Monticello might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 13 games by three goals or more this season.
Monticello's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 19-2. The road victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 27 goals over those five contests. As for Lincoln, their win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-5 and their overall record up to 8-11.
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