The South Eugene Axe will take on the North Medford Black Tornado at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (South Eugene has four straight wins, North Medford has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
South Eugene's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They had just enough and edged out Willamette 1-0. Give South Eugene's defense some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.
The home team had won the previous four meetings between North Medford and Roseburg, and Roseburg kept the tradition alive. The Black Tornado fell just short of the Indians by a score of 1-0 on Monday. That's two games in a row now that North Medford have lost by just one goal.
North Medford's defeat dropped their record down to 1-6-1. As for South Eugene, their victory bumped their record up to 6-2-2.
Everything went South Eugene's way against North Medford in their previous matchup back in September, as South Eugene made off with a 4-0 win. Will the Axe repeat their success, or do the Black Tornado have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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