The Northwestern Trojans will square off against the Clover Blue Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Northwestern's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Northwestern managed to keep up with Catawba Ridge until halftime on Friday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Northwestern came up short against Catawba Ridge, falling 4-0. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 87th, while the Copperheads are ranked 26th).
Meanwhile, Clover had just enough and edged out Fort Mill 2-1 on Friday. The win continues a trend for the Blue Eagles in their matchups with the Yellow Jackets: they've now won five in a row.
Clover's victory bumped their record up to 6-2. As for Northwestern, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
Northwestern suffered a grim 7-0 defeat to Clover in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Can Northwestern avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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