The Tupelo Golden Wave are taking a road trip to challenge the Clinton Arrows at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
Tupelo is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Mississippi's top teams: Madison Central, who was ranked fourth at the time (Tupelo was ranked fifth). Tupelo sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Madison Central on Tuesday. The victory was familiar territory for the Golden Wave who have now won four contests in a row.
Meanwhile, Clinton's game on Tuesday was all tied up 0-0 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They never let Germantown onto the board and left with a 1-0 win. The Arrows' winning goal came courtesy of Alex Holmes.
Tupelo pushed their record up to 14-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 17 goals over those four matchups. As for Clinton, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3-1 record this season.
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