Olympia is 0-3 against Athens/PORTA since May of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Olympia Spartans are on the road again to play the Athens/PORTA Warriors at 5:00 p.m. Olympia will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings (they are ranked 253rd, while Athens/PORTA is ranked 100th).
Last Thursday, Olympia kept a clean sheet against Illinois Valley Central. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over the Grey Ghosts. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Olympia was the better team in the second half.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Elyse Eimer and
Ava Sizemore, who scored both of Olympia's goals. The pair have combined for a total of five so far this season.
Meanwhile, for the first time this season, Athens/PORTA was forced to settle for a draw. They and Lincoln finished up their match with a 1-1 draw.
The win got Olympia back to even at 5-5-1. As for Athens/PORTA, their draw gives them a new season record of 8-2-1.
Olympia might still be hurting after the 5-1 loss they got from Athens/PORTA in their previous meeting back in March of 2023. Can Olympia avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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