The Carroll Cougars will take on the Kokomo Wildkats at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Carroll is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.6 goals per game this season.
On Saturday, Carroll sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over Rensselaer Central. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cougars.
Theo Desits and
Eli Falkenberg scored both of Carroll's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 37 goals.
Meanwhile, Kokomo entered their tilt with Lebanon on Thursday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Their defense stepped up to hand the Tigers a 3-0 shutout. Given the Wildkats' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 20th, while the Tigers are ranked 164th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Carroll's win bumped their record up to 8-6. As for Kokomo, their victory bumped their record up to 11-2-1.
Carroll skirted past Kokomo 3-2 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Will Carroll repeat their success, or does Kokomo have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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