The Evansville Memorial Tigers will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the Washington Hatchets at 6:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Evansville Memorial is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. Their defense stepped up to hand Heritage Hills a 5-0 shutout. The Tigers' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last seven matchups.
They hit Heritage Hills with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Ben Eaton (2),
Cohen Havill (2), and
Ivan Bennett.
Meanwhile, Washington had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. Everything went their way against the Titans as they made off with a 5-0 win. Given the Hatchets' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 41st, while the Titans are ranked 171st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Evansville Memorial has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-2-1 record this season. As for Washington, their victory bumped their record up to 15-3.
Evansville Memorial came out on top in a nail-biter against Washington in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, sneaking past 1-0. Does Evansville Memorial have another victory up their sleeve, or will Washington turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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