Soccer Preview: Plainfield vs. Ledyard
The Plainfield Panthers will venture away from home to square off against the Ledyard Colonels at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Plainfield is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.5 goals per game this season.
Plainfield will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Wednesday, then bounced right back against Griswold on Monday. Plainfield blew past Griswold 6-1. With the Panthers ahead 3-0 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Their offense was hitting Griswold from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Leila Mendez led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Ledyard fell victim to Stonington and their airtight defense back in September. They lost 3-0 to the Bears. The Colonels have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Plainfield has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4-2 record this season. As for Ledyard, their loss dropped their record down to 2-5.
Plainfield beat Ledyard by a goal in their previous meeting back in September of 2021, winning 3-2. Will Plainfield repeat their success, or does Ledyard have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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