Soccer Preview: Wheeling Park vs. Brooke
Wheeling Park has been on the road for three straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Brooke Bruins at 6:15 p.m. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Wheeling Park is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: George Washington, who was ranked 11th in their home state at the time (Wheeling Park was ranked fourth). Wheeling Park fell just short of George Washington by a score of 1-0 on Saturday. The game was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but Wheeling Park couldn't quite close it out.
Meanwhile, Brooke didn't have quite enough to beat St. Clairsville on Monday and fell 2-1. The Bruins have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
The defeat snapped Wheeling Park's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 8-3-1 record. As for Brooke, they now have a losing record at 5-6-1.
Wheeling Park took their victory against Brooke in their previous meeting back in August by a conclusive 7-1. Does Wheeling Park have another victory up their sleeve, or will Brooke turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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