The Roxana Shells will face off against the Salem Wildcats at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Roxana's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for five straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Roxana is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Breese Central on Thursday. The Shells fell just short of the Cougars by a score of 2-1.
Meanwhile, Salem and Metro-East Lutheran combined for 24 shots on goal on Wednesday, which explains the impressive 11 total goals scored. The Wildcats blew past the Knights 9-2. The result was nothing new for Salem, who have now won five matchups by four goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Metro-East Lutheran from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Shelby Johnson led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for four goals all by herself.
Salem is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches. That's provided a massive bump to their 8-7 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 38 goals over those seven contests. As for Roxana, their loss dropped their record down to 4-8.
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