The Belleville East Lancers will look to defend their home pitch on Tuesday against the Belleville West Maroons at 5:00 p.m. Belleville East will be strutting in after a victory while Belleville West will be coming in after a defeat.
Belleville East headed into their last game having not scored more than one goal for seven straight, but Marion let them put that streak behind them. Belleville East's defense stepped up to hand Marion a 4-0 shutout on Friday. Heidi Adams had the honor of scoring the game-winner for Belleville East.
Meanwhile, Belleville West fell victim to Edwardsville and their airtight defense on Thursday. They lost 3-0 to the Tigers. While losing is never fun, Belleville West can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 145th, while Edwardsville is ranked 19th).
Belleville East's win bumped their record up to 9-7-3. As for Belleville West, their loss was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 7-13-1.
Belleville East skirted past Belleville West 1-0 when the teams last played back in April. Does Belleville East have another victory up their sleeve, or will Belleville West turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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