Soccer Preview: University vs. Steubenville
The University Hawks will venture away from home to square off against the Steubenville Big Red at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
University is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: Mountain Ridge, who was ranked 15th at the time (University was ranked 20th). University came up short against Mountain Ridge on Tuesday, falling 3-0. The Hawks have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Steubenville). Their defense stepped up to hand Weir an 11-0 shutout on Tuesday. The result was nothing new for the Big Red, who have now won eight games by four goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Weir from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Cole Bowers led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
University's defeat dropped their record down to 7-6-1. As for Steubenville, they pushed their record up to 8-2-3 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
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