The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks will head out on the road to square off against the Mediapolis Bulldogs on Wednesday. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
Mid-Prairie proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by eight) and on Wednesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged out Mt. Pleasant 2-1.
Meanwhile, Mediapolis had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.8 goals) and they went ahead and made it seven on Wednesday. They never let Wolves get on the board and left with a 1-0 victory.
Mediapolis' win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-4-1. The road victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 28 goals over those six matches. As for Mid-Prairie, their win bumped their record up to 6-11-3.
Mid-Prairie was able to grind out a solid victory over Mediapolis when the teams last played back in May of 2019, winning 6-4. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Golden Hawks 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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