Rootstown has gone 10-0 against Lake Center Christian recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Rootstown Rovers will face off against the Lake Center Christian Tiger at 5:00 p.m. Rootstown is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.4 goals per game this season.
Lake Center Christian is hoping to do what Garfield couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Rootstown's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Rootstown sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 1-0 victory over Garfield. The Rovers' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three contests.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of
Elliott Smallfield, who's now up to seven this season.
Meanwhile, Monday just wasn't the day for Lake Center Christian's offense. They lost 6-0 to John F. Kennedy Catholic on Monday. While losing is never fun, the Tiger can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 429th, while the Eagles are ranked 88th).
Rootstown is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. As for Lake Center Christian, they now have a losing record at 4-5-1.
Everything went Rootstown's way against Lake Center Christian in their previous meeting on September 3rd as Rootstown made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Rootstown since the team 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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