Soccer Preview: Northwestern vs. West Lafayette
Northwestern hasn't had much luck against West Lafayette recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Northwestern Tigers will be staying on the road to face off against the West Lafayette Red Devils at 6:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
Northwestern is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They had just enough and edged Peru out 2-1. Two seems to be a good number for Northwestern as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Cam Markley and
Renato Vieira scored both of Northwestern's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 18 goals.
Meanwhile, West Lafayette waltzed into their match on Saturday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over the Panthers. Given the Red Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 34th, while the Panthers are ranked 104th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Northwestern is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6-1 record this season. As for West Lafayette, their win bumped their record up to 13-4-1.
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