Soccer Preview: Williamsport vs. Bishop Walsh
The Williamsport Wildcats will take on the Bishop Walsh Spartans at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Williamsport is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Mountain Ridge on Thursday. Williamsport fell 2-0 to Mountain Ridge. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Maryland soccer rankings (they are ranked 141st, while the Miners are ranked 11th).
Meanwhile, Bishop Walsh was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their 11th straight defeat. They fell just short of Frankfort by a score of 2-1.
This is the second loss in a row for Williamsport and nudges their season record down to 5-4-4. As for Bishop Walsh, their loss dropped their record down to 2-12.
Williamsport skirted past Bishop Walsh 3-2 when the teams last played back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for Williamsport since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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