The Greenville Trojans will head out to face off against the Hickory Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Greenville fought the good fight in their overtime match against Slippery Rock on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Rockets by a score of 3-2. While the Trojans didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Rockets 1-0 in the first half.
Kelsi Russell wasn't going to let Slippery Rock walk away unscathed as she scored both of Greenville's goals, bringing her season total up to 13 goals.
Despite a strong season so far, Hickory has seen their luck take a bit of a downturn recently. They fell 5-3 to Grove City on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Hornets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 261st, while the Eagles are ranked 112th).
Greenville has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-8 record this season. As for Hickory, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-4.
Greenville came up short against Hickory when the teams last played two weeks ago, falling 2-0. Can Greenville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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