The East Liverpool Potters will square off against the Monroe Central Seminoles at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (East Liverpool has three straight victories, Monroe Central has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
East Liverpool's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Union Local as they made off with a 4-0 win. Give East Liverpool's defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
East Liverpool used a slightly different lineup for their bout with Union Local. Greyson Fitch played for 80 minutes having averaged 45.5 this season and Dom Johnson got 70 vs. an average of 48.3. Johnson made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal and two assists A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
Meanwhile, Monroe Central came up short against Belpre on Wednesday, falling 5-2. That's two games in a row now that Monroe Central have lost by exactly three goals.
Monroe Central's defeat dropped their record down to 2-11. As for East Liverpool, the victory got them back to even at 5-5-1.
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