Northwest Rankin has gone 10-0 against Pearl recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Northwest Rankin Cougars will challenge the Pearl Pirates at 5:30 p.m. Northwest Rankin is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.8 goals per game this season.
Northwest Rankin is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Mississippi's top teams: Clinton, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (Northwest Rankin was ranked second). Northwest Rankin fell just short of Clinton by a score of 2-1 on Monday. That makes it the first time this season the Cougars have let down their home crowd.
Their goal came courtesy of
Grace Harmon, which was the first she's scored this season.
Meanwhile, Pearl came tearing into last Friday's contest with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.6 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Gators , sneaking past 2-1. Two seems to be a good number for the Pirates as the team scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Pearl pushed their record up to 8-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those four matches. As for Northwest Rankin, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-1.
Northwest Rankin took their win against Pearl in their previous matchup back in January by a conclusive 7-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Northwest Rankin since the squad 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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