Soccer Preview: Northview vs. Clay
The Northview Wildcats will square off against the Clay Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Northview will be looking to keep their three-game home win streak alive.
Clay better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Northview really get things going. Northview's defense stepped up to hand Whitmer a 5-0 shutout on Monday. Considering the Wildcats have won seven games by more than two goals this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Whitmer with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Alexa Sheely (2),
Ashlynn Mccartney (2), and
Allison Shadle.
Meanwhile, Clay narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Ross 1-0. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 210th, while the Little Giants are ranked 431st), the result last Wednesday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Northview is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-7 record this season. As for Clay, they now have a winning record of 8-7-2.
Everything went Northview's way against Clay in their previous meeting back in August, as Northview made off with a 4-0 victory. Will Northview repeat their success, or does Clay have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
