The Macomb Bombers will square off against the Athens/PORTA Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Macomb will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings (they are ranked 283rd, while Athens/PORTA is ranked 102nd).
Macomb is looking to tack another W on to their season record, something they couldn't quite do against Monmouth-Roseville back in April. Neither Macomb nor Monmouth-Roseville could gain the upper hand so the two teams had to settle for a 2-2 draw. The outcome might've been different if Sifa Feruzi hadn't been hit with a yellow card, which no doubt limited her ability to make aggressive plays down the stretch.
Lorna Brown and
Kylie Robinson scored both of Macomb's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 16 goals.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Athens/PORTA had no problem doing just that on Friday. They never let the Grey Ghosts onto the board and left with a 9-0 victory. Considering Athens/PORTA has won 14 matches by more than two goals this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
With that draw, Macomb's record moves to 5-8-1. As for Athens/PORTA, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 16-4-1.
Macomb suffered a grim 7-1 defeat to Athens/PORTA in their previous meeting back in April. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Macomb was down 4-0.
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