Mt. Vernon is 8-2 against Shelbyville since October of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Mt. Vernon Marauders are taking a road trip to challenge the Shelbyville Golden Bears at 7:00 p.m. Mt. Vernon is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.
Mt. Vernon will bounce into Tuesday's match after beating Greenfield-Central, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Mt. Vernon walked away with a 3-1 victory over Greenfield-Central on Thursday. Given the Marauders' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 61st, while the Cougars are ranked 269th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mt. Vernon hit Greenfield-Central with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Colby Smith,
Luke Alka, and
Charlie Cole.
Meanwhile, Shelbyville kept a clean sheet against Yorktown on Saturday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Tigers 1-0.
Mt. Vernon is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2-1 record this season. As for Shelbyville, the victory also got them back to even at 5-5.
Mt. Vernon was able to grind out a solid win over Shelbyville when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mt. Vernon 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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