The Fountain Inn Fury will venture away from home to square off against the Southside Tigers at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Fountain Inn proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by six) and on Monday they proved they can win the close ones too. Their defense stepped up to hand Emerald a 1-0 shutout. Elizabeth Rogers had the honor of scoring the game-winner for Fountain Inn.
Meanwhile, Southside was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They lost 13-0 to Wren. While losing is never fun, Southside can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 193rd, while Wren are ranked 37th).
Fountain Inn has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those five matches. As for Southside, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7.
Everything went Fountain Inn's way against Southside when the teams last played back in March, as Fountain Inn made off with an 11-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Fury since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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