The Hillcrest Rams will head out to square off against the Greenville Red Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Hillcrest is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: Mauldin, who was ranked 12th at the time (Hillcrest was ranked 19th). The Rams fell 2-0 to the Mavericks on Tuesday. Having soared to a lofty six goals in the game before, Hillcrest's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Meanwhile, Greenville's contest on Tuesday was close up to the half, but then they kicked things up a notch. Their defense stepped up to hand Woodmont a 4-0 shutout. Greenville might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matches by four goals or more this season.
They hit Woodmont with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Emerson Hamilton, Lilian Emery, Mayme Johnson, and Cypriana Brannon.
Greenville's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-2-1. The home wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those four games. As for Hillcrest, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-3.
Hillcrest suffered a grim 5-2 defeat to Greenville when the teams last played back in March of 2019. Can the Rams avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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