Soccer Preview: Tumwater vs. WF West
Tumwater is on a four-game streak of home wins, while WF West is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Tumwater Thunderbirds will square off against the WF West Bearcats at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Tumwater is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.6 goals per game this season.
Tumwater will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any goals on Saturday, then bounced right back against Aberdeen on Tuesday. Everything went Tumwater's way against Aberdeen as Tumwater made off with a 7-1 win. Considering the Thunderbirds have won nine matchups by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Aberdeen with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Kayla Pope (3),
Lucy Bergford (3), and
Kennedy Riedl.
Meanwhile, WF West kept a clean sheet against Black Hills on Tuesday. They came out on top against Wolves by a score of 2-0. Give the Bearcats' defense some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.
Tumwater is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2-2 record this season. As for WF West, their victory bumped their record up to 9-2-1.
Everything went Tumwater's way against WF West in their previous meeting on October 1st, as Tumwater made off with a 4-1 win. Will Tumwater repeat their success, or does WF West have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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