Soccer Preview: Bearden vs. West
Bearden is 10-0 against West since October of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Bearden Bulldogs have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the West Rebels at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Bearden is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Tennessee's top teams: Farragut, who was ranked 22nd in their home state at the time (Bearden was ranked second). Bearden's defense stepped up to hand Farragut a 6-0 shutout on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, West waltzed into their game on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They put the hurt on the Hawks with a sharp 3-0 victory. The Rebels' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three contests.
Ava Curtis and
Charleigh Freeman scored all three of West's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 23 goals.
Bearden pushed their record up to 14-1-1 with the win, which was their 11th straight at home. As for West, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 9-6-1 record this season.
Everything went Bearden's way against West in their previous matchup back in September, as Bearden made off with a 5-1 victory. Does Bearden have another victory up their sleeve, or will West turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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