Soccer Preview: Northwestern vs. Eastern
Northwestern is 8-0 against Eastern since October of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Northwestern Tigers have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Eastern Comets at 6:00 p.m. One thing working in Northwestern's favor is that they have posted at least four goals in their last five matches.
Northwestern's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Rochester 6-0. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven contests by three goals or more this season.
They hit Rochester with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Morgan Kistler (2),
Abigail Keeney (2),
Brooklynn Conwell, and
Izabella Arrick.
Meanwhile, Eastern has been struggling as of late, and they have yet to win a game this season. While the 0-0 score might suggest a draw, it was Taylor who was credited with the victory on Tuesday. Taylor got it done in the shootout by posting one goals to Eastern's zero.
Northwestern is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3-1 record this season. As for Eastern, their loss dropped their record down to 0-13-1.
Everything went Northwestern's way against Eastern in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, as Northwestern made off with a 9-0 win. Will Northwestern repeat their success, or does Eastern have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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