Soccer Preview: Bartlett vs. West Anchorage
Bartlett is 0-10 against West Anchorage since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Bartlett Golden Bears will head out on the road to challenge the West Anchorage Eagles at 7:15 p.m. Neither Bartlett nor West Anchorage posted many goals in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.
Bartlett is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: Bettye Davis East Anchorage, who was ranked 15th in their home state at the time (Bartlett was ranked 17th). Bartlett lost 5-0 to Bettye Davis East Anchorage on Tuesday. Bartlett has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, West Anchorage entered their tilt with Kenai Central with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Kardinals 1-0. That's two games straight that West Anchorage has won by just one goal.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of
Musa Murrah, who's now up to four this season.
Bartlett's defeat dropped their record down to 0-9-1. As for West Anchorage, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-1-2 record this season.
Bartlett suffered a grim 5-2 defeat to West Anchorage in their previous matchup back in April. Can Bartlett avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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