Soccer Preview: Oak Harbor vs. Shorewood
The Oak Harbor Wildcats will venture away from home to face off against the Shorewood Stormrays at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Last Tuesday, everything went Oak Harbor's way against Sedro-Woolley as Oak Harbor made off with a 5-1 win. The result was nothing new for the Wildcats, who have now won ten matches by three goals or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Shorewood waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They put the hurt on the Bearcats with a sharp 4-1 victory. Given the Stormrays' advantage in MaxPreps' Washington soccer rankings (they are ranked 46th, while the Bearcats are ranked 133rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Shorewood hit Monroe with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Abbey Lee (2),
Jasmine Bea Lumbera, and
Lilly Burris.
Shorewood has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3-2 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 35 goals over those 12 matchups. As for Oak Harbor, their win was their tenth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-4.
Oak Harbor skirted past Shorewood 3-2 in their previous meeting back in October of 2019. Does Oak Harbor have another victory up their sleeve, or will Shorewood turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
