The Mendota Trojans are taking a road trip to challenge the Stillman Valley Cardinals at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Mendota will be strutting in after a win while Stillman Valley will be coming in after a defeat.
Mendota's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They came out on top against Oregon by a score of 2-0. The result kept Mendota happy, as they haven't lost a game since April 12th.
Meanwhile, Stillman Valley came up short against Genoa-Kingston on Thursday and fell 3-1. While losing is never fun, Stillman Valley can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 302nd, while Genoa-Kingston are ranked 149th).
Mendota is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-4-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up two goals over those five games. As for Stillman Valley, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-7.
Mendota was able to grind out a solid win over Stillman Valley in their previous meeting back in April of 2023, winning 3-1. Will the Trojans repeat their success, or do the Cardinals have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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