The Mendenhall Tigers will venture away from home to square off against the Lawrence County Cougars at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Mendenhall has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with nine straight defeats, while Lawrence County will come in with three straight wins.
Mendenhall fell victim to Richland and their airtight defense on Thursday. They came up short against the Rangers, falling 7-0. While losing is never fun, Mendenhall can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi soccer rankings (they are ranked 127th, while Richland are ranked 41st).
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Lawrence County faced off against Columbia on Thursday. The Cougars came out on top in a nail-biter against the Wildcats, sneaking past 1-0. Lawrence County's winning goal came courtesy of Miriam Vosbrink.
Lawrence County's victory bumped their record up to 5-10-1. As for Mendenhall, their loss dropped their record down to 1-14-1.
Everything went Mendenhall's way against Lawrence County when the teams last played back in November of 2019, as Mendenhall made off with a 5-0 win. Will the Tigers repeat their success, or do the Cougars have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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