Soccer Preview: McCutcheon vs. Northwestern
The McCutcheon Mavericks will venture away from home to take on the Northwestern Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. McCutcheon is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road.
McCutcheon is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Indiana's top teams: Fishers, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (McCutcheon was ranked 11th). McCutcheon fell just short of Fishers by a score of 2-1 on Saturday. The Mavericks have struggled against the Tigers recently, as their game on Saturday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, Northwestern entered their tilt with Marion on Thursday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Giants.
Northwestern hit Marion with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Robert Creppy,
Cam Markley, and Markley.
The defeat snapped McCutcheon's winning streak at eight games and leaves them with a 12-3 record. As for Northwestern, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4-1 record this season.
Everything went McCutcheon's way against Northwestern when the teams last played back in September of 2023, as McCutcheon made off with a 4-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for McCutcheon since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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