The Emerald Vikings will challenge the Westside Rams at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Emerald's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They blew past Laurens 10-0. Considering Emerald have won three matches by more than five goals this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Westside's found some homefield redemption this week after a overtime loss to Laurens last Thursday. The Rams put the hurt on the Raiders with a sharp 11-1 win. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 8-1.
Emerald is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those four matches. As for Westside, they moved to 2-3 with that win, which also ended their three-game losing streak.
Emerald took their victory against Westside when the teams last played back in March by a conclusive 6-0 score. Do the Vikings have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Rams turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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