The Mercy Tigers will take on the Amity Regional Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Mercy comes in on nine and Amity Regional on three.
Mercy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Connecticut's top teams: Notre Dame Prep, who was ranked 16th in their home state at the time (Mercy was ranked first). Mercy narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Notre Dame Prep 2-1. That's two games straight that the Tigers have won by just one goal.
Meanwhile, Amity Regional kept a clean sheet against Newington on Thursday. They had just enough and edged the Nor'easters out 1-0. That's two games straight that the Spartans have won by just one goal.
Amity Regional pushed their record up to 20-1-1 with the victory, which was their 12th straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 55 goals over those 12 matchups. As for Mercy, their win bumped their record up to 20-0-1.
Mercy skirted past Amity Regional 4-3 in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Does Mercy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Amity Regional turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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