Soccer Game Preview: Wilmington vs. Herscher

Wildcats

Goals

04/15/25 vs Chesterton Academy of the Holy Family	2
04/14/25 vs Bishop McNamara	1
04/10/25 vs Manteno	1
04/04/25 @ Momence	9
04/03/25 vs Reed-Custer	3
+ 2 more games

Wilmington hasn't had much luck against Herscher recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Wildcats are taking a road trip to take on the Tigers at 6:00 p.m. Wilmington is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.3 goals per game this season.

Wilmington was handed a seven-goal defeat in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged out Chesterton Academy of the Holy Family 2-1. Audrey Powlick had the honor of scoring the game-winner for Wilmington.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Herscher, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Saturday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Bradley-Bourbonnais on Tuesday, sneaking past 3-2. The victory continues a trend for Herscher in their matchups with Bradley-Bourbonnais: they've now won four in a row.

Herscher's win bumped their record up to 9-2-2. As for Wilmington, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 3-4 record this season.