The O'Connor Eagles will head out on the road to take on the Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both have allowed few points on average, (O'Connor: 9.9, Mountain Ridge: 6.8) so any points scored will be well earned.
O'Connor is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Mountain Ridge just ended the team's ten-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Mountain Lions by a score of 10-7. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Eagles have suffered since September 20th.
Even if they lost, O'Connor's defense still kept up the pressure with six sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Victoria Whipple and Alivia Escalera, who racked up all six sacks between them. Escalera has been hot recently, having also posted seven or more total tackles the last four times she's played.
The win was the seventh in a row for Mountain Ridge, bringing their record for this year to 13-3. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 28.1 points per game. As for O'Connor, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-4.
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