Marquette is 9-0-1 against Sault Area since October of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Marquette Redmen will stay at home for another game and welcome the Sault Area Blue Devils at 5:00 p.m. One thing working in Marquette's favor is that they have posted at least four goals in their last five contests.
Marquette's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Iron Mountain 8-0. Considering the Redmen have won ten matchups by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Sault Area was not able to break out of their rough patch two weeks ago as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They came up short against Houghton, falling 5-0. While losing is never fun, the Blue Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan soccer rankings (they are ranked 406th, while the Gremlins are ranked 117th).
Marquette has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-2-2 record this season. As for Sault Area, their loss dropped their record down to 1-8.
Everything went Marquette's way against Sault Area when the teams last played back in August, as Marquette made off with an 8-0 win. Does Marquette have another victory up their sleeve, or will Sault Area turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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