The Shades Valley Mounties will face off against the Oxford Yellow Jackets at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The timing is sure in Shades Valley's favor as the squad sits on four straight wins at home while Oxford has been banged up by five consecutive losses on the road.
Shades Valley is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to six goals back in March, they were much more limited against Mountain Brook on Tuesday. They lost 9-0 to the Spartans. The shutout was out of character for Shades Valley seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in February.
Meanwhile, Oxford fell victim to Jacksonville and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They came up short against the Golden Eagles, falling 5-0.
Oxford's defeat dropped their record down to 1-11-2. As for Shades Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 11-3-2.
Everything went Shades Valley's way against Oxford when the teams last played back in March, as Shades Valley made off with a 9-1 win. In that contest, the Mounties amassed a halftime lead of 6-1, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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