Soccer Preview: Wheeling Park vs. Morgantown
The Wheeling Park Patriots will be playing in front of their home fans against the Morgantown Mohigans at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Morgantown is hoping to do what John Marshall couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to Wheeling Park's winning streak, which now stands at nine games. Wheeling Park's defense stepped up to hand John Marshall a 12-0 shutout. It was an even better day for Tresz Mcleod as he scored three goals for his team.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Morgantown). Everything went their way against Brooke on Tuesday as Morgantown made off with an 11-1 victory. Given the Mohigans' advantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked fifth, while the Bruins are ranked 48th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Wheeling Park pushed their record up to 18-3 with the win, which was their 11th straight at home. As for Morgantown, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-2-3 record this season.
Everything went Wheeling Park's way against Morgantown in their previous matchup back in September, as Wheeling Park made off with a 6-1 victory. In that matchup, Wheeling Park amassed a halftime lead of 3-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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