Gibson Southern has enjoyed the comforts of home their last five games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Washington Hatchets at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Gibson Southern is coming into the contest fresh off a high-scoring shootout with Evansville Christian that saw the pair combine for 19 shots on goal. Gibson Southern's defense stepped up to hand Evansville Christian a 7-0 shutout on Thursday. Give the Titans' defense some credit: that's the team's sixth straight shutout.
Their offense was hitting Evansville Christian from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Nola Ravellette led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Washington entered their tilt with Southridge on Thursday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They blew past the Raiders 5-0. Given the Hatchets' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 84th, while the Raiders are ranked 229th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Gibson Southern pushed their record up to 11-3 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home. As for Washington, their win bumped their record up to 10-6.
Gibson Southern was able to grind out a solid victory over Washington in their previous meeting back in September, winning 3-1. Does Gibson Southern have another victory up their sleeve, or will Washington turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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