The South Houston Trojans will take on the Pearland Oilers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
South Houston is headed into Friday's game hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight losses. They fell 3-1 to Pasadena Memorial on Friday. The contest was a 1-1 toss-up at halftime, but the Trojans couldn't quite close it out.
Meanwhile, Pearland entered their tilt with Shadow Creek on Friday with five consecutive wins , and they'll enter their next game with six. Their defense stepped up to hand the Sharks a 1-0 shutout. Give the Oilers' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Pearland pushed their record up to 15-3-4 with the win, which was their eighth straight on the road. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 24 goals over those eight matchups. As for South Houston, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-4-3.
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