Soccer Preview: Linsly vs. Wheeling Park
Linsly is 1-9 against Wheeling Park since September of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Linsly Cadets are on the road again to play the Wheeling Park Patriots at 5:30 p.m.
Linsly is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to four goals on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Wheeling Central Catholic on Thursday. While the 0-0 score might suggest a draw, it was the Maroon Knights who were credited with the win. Wheeling Central Catholic got it done in the shootout by posting four goals to Linsly's three.
Wheeling Park is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Morgantown, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (Wheeling Park was ranked third). Wheeling Park put the hurt on Morgantown with a sharp 6-1 victory on Saturday. Considering the Patriots have won eight matches by more than three goals this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Linsly's defeat dropped their record down to 5-7-2. As for Wheeling Park, they pushed their record up to 11-3 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home.
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