The Grove City Eagles will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the Slippery Rock Rockets at 7:00 p.m.
Grove City is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Hickory on Tuesday. Grove City lost 3-0 to Hickory. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 276th, while the Hornets are ranked 87th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Slippery Rock). They put the hurt on Conneaut Area with a sharp 9-2 win on Tuesday. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 6-0.
Grove City dropped their record down to 2-3 with that defeat, which was their third straight on the road. As for Slippery Rock, the victory also got them back to even at 3-3.
Grove City was able to grind out a solid win over Slippery Rock in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, winning 2-0. Does Grove City have another victory up their sleeve, or will Slippery Rock turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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