The Stewarts Creek Red Hawks will face off against the Cookeville Cavaliers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Stewarts Creek will bounce into Thursday's contest after beating Oakland, who they had gone 0-8-1 against in their nine prior meetings. The Red Hawks walked away with a 4-2 victory over the Patriots on Tuesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for Stewarts Creek.
Meanwhile, Cookeville came tearing into Tuesday's game with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.2 goals), and they left with even more momentum. Their defense stepped up to hand the Bulldogs a 1-0 shutout. Give Cookeville's defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Cookeville pushed their record up to 10-1-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those four matchups. As for Stewarts Creek, their win bumped their record up to 9-2-1.
Stewarts Creek beat Cookeville by a goal when the teams last played back in March, winning 2-1. Do the Red Hawks have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Cavaliers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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