Junction City is 0-10 against Marist since September of 2019 but things could change on Thursday. The Junction City Tigers will host the Marist Spartans at 7:00 p.m.
Junction City is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to seven goals two weeks ago, they were much more limited against North Bend on Thursday. They fell just short of the Bulldogs by a score of 1-0.
Meanwhile, Marist waltzed into their match on Tuesday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. Their defense stepped up to hand the Pirates an 8-0 shutout. The Spartans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matchups by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Marshfield from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Libby Mclaughlin led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by herself.
Junction City's loss dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Marist, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-1.
Junction City suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to Marist in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Junction City avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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