Soccer Preview: Oberlin vs. Firelands
Oberlin hasn't had much luck against Firelands recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The Oberlin The Phoenix will be playing in front of their home fans against the Firelands Falcons at 5:00 p.m.
Oberlin managed to keep up with Fairview until halftime on Monday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Oberlin lost 4-0 to Fairview. The The Phoenix have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Firelands had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.7 goals) and they went ahead and made it four on Wednesday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Dukes a 9-0 shutout. The Falcons might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight matchups by four goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Wellington from everywhere, as eight different players booted in a goal.
Ella Skvor led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Oberlin's defeat dropped their record down to 9-5. As for Firelands, their victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-2-3.
Oberlin suffered a grim 6-1 defeat to Firelands in their previous matchup back in September. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Oberlin was down 6-1.
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