The Pleasant Valley Spartans will face off against the Marion Wolves at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Pleasant Valley's defense has only allowed 0.5 goals per game this season, so Marion's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Pleasant Valley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Iowa's top teams: Davenport North, who was ranked 21st at the time (Pleasant Valley was ranked tenth). The Spartans and the Wildcats finished up their match with a 1-1 draw on Thursday. The result (or lack thereof) was the first time Pleasant Valley have been dealt a draw since back in April.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Marion). They blew past Independence 11-1 on Tuesday. Marion haven't had any issues with Independence recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive victory against them.
Pleasant Valley's draw gives them a new season record of 18-2-2. As for Marion, their win bumped their record up to 11-2-8.
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