Marathon and Southern Cayuga are an even 4-4-2 against one another since October of 2019, but likely not for long. The Marathon Olympians will venture away from home to take on the Southern Cayuga Chiefs at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Marathon's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed last Saturday. They were the clear victor by a 4-0 margin over Odessa-Montour. The high-scoring effort was just what the Olympians needed considering they were shutout in their previous contest.
Meanwhile, Southern Cayuga had already proven themselves in the regular season and they didn't miss a beat now that it's playoff time. They blew past Odessa-Montour 3-0 on Saturday. Give the Chiefs' defense some credit: that's the team's fifth straight shutout.
They hit Odessa-Montour with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Ben Kermidas,
Oscar Morales Perez, and
Braxton Young.
Marathon is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2-2 record this season. As for Southern Cayuga, they pushed their record up to 11-1-2 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Marathon came out on top in a nail-biter against Southern Cayuga when the teams last played on October 2nd, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Marathon since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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