Preview: Wellington vs. Boca Raton
Wellington is 0-10 against Boca Raton since January of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Wellington Wolverines will head out on the road to face off against the Boca Raton Bobcats at 5:00 p.m. Wellington is coming into the game hot, having won their last seven games.
Wellington extended their postseason success on Friday against Treasure Coast. Their defense stepped up to hand the Titans a 3-0 shutout. Wellington might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won 12 matchups by three goals or more this season.
They hit Treasure Coast with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Hannah Pahl,
Rebecca Quintero, and
Alana Riddle.
Meanwhile, Boca Raton had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 goals), and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over Jupiter. Given Boca Raton's advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 14th, while Jupiter is ranked 83rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Wellington is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season. As for Boca Raton, their victory bumped their record up to 16-2-2.
Wellington came up short against Boca Raton when the teams last played back in January, falling 2-0. Can Wellington avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
