South Sioux City is 0-5 against Mercy since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The South Sioux City Cardinals will be staying on the road to face off against the Mercy Monarchs at 4:15 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
South Sioux City is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Jefferson last Saturday. South Sioux City fell 3-1 to Jefferson. That's two games in a row now that South Sioux City has lost by exactly two goals.
Meanwhile, Mercy faced Marian in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. Mercy fell victim to a tough 10-0 loss at the hands of Marian. Having soared to a lofty five goals in the game before, Mercy's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
South Sioux City's defeat dropped their record down to 3-9. As for Mercy, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-6.
South Sioux City suffered a grim 7-0 defeat to Mercy when the teams last played back in March. Can South Sioux City avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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