The Olive Branch Conquistadors will venture away from home to take on the Grenada Chargers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Olive Branch is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Mississippi's top teams: Hernando, who was ranked tenth in their home state at the time (Olive Branch was ranked 21st). Olive Branch lost 4-0 to Hernando last Thursday. The Conquistadors were red-hot offensively headed into the contest (they scored no less than four goals in the three matchups prior) but the Tigers' defense proved too tough.
Meanwhile, Grenada had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.3 goals) and they went ahead and made it four last Thursday. They walked away with a 4-2 win over Wolves. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Chargers considering their one-goal performance the match before.
They hit Cleveland Central with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Charlie McAnally,
Daniel Hopper,
Aaron Hanley, and
Xiavian Hardiman.
With the loss, Olive Branch broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 3-3. As for Grenada, their victory bumped their record up to 5-2.
Olive Branch took their win against Grenada in their previous matchup back in January by a conclusive 6-0. Does Olive Branch have another victory up their sleeve, or will Grenada turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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