Merrillville is 0-6 against Munster since September of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Merrillville Pirates will be staying on the road to face off against the Munster Mustangs at 11:00 a.m.
Merrillville's offense might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against Chesterton on Wednesday. They came up short against the Trojans, falling 9-0. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 168th, while the Trojans are ranked 16th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Munster). Everything went their way against Andrean on Wednesday as Munster made off with an 8-1 victory. The Mustangs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matches by three goals or more this season.
Merrillville's loss dropped their record down to 3-3-2. As for Munster, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-1.
Merrillville might still be hurting after the 8-0 defeat they got from Munster when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Merrillville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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