Mount Pleasant hasn't had much luck against Union Academy recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The Tigers are taking a road trip to square off against the Cardinals at 6:00 p.m.
Mount Pleasant is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to six goals on Wednesday, they were much more limited against West Cabarrus on Thursday. They fell just short of the Wolverines by a score of 1-0.
Meanwhile, Union Academy had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.2 goals) and they went ahead and made it ten on Wednesday. They never let the Rowdy Rebel Bulls get on the board and left with a 13-0 win. Union Academy might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 12 games by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting South Stanly from everywhere, as eight different players booted in a goal. Hadassa Garcia led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by herself.
Union Academy pushed their record up to 14-3-1 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 58 goals over those seven contests. As for Mount Pleasant, their loss dropped their record down to 10-5-2.
Mount Pleasant might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Union Academy when the teams last played back in April. Can the Tigers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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