Soccer Preview: Open Door Christian vs. Lincoln West
The Open Door Christian Patriots will square off against the Lincoln West Wolverines at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Open Door Christian's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Christian Community 5-0. Considering the Patriots have won six matches by more than three goals this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Lincoln West had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.8 goals) and they went ahead and made it seven on Thursday. They won by a goal and slipped past the Lawyers 2-1. Given the Wolverines' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 174th, while the Lawyers are ranked 396th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Tamba Songolo was the driving force of Lincoln West's attack as he scored both of Lincoln West's goals, bringing his season total up to 13 goals.
The victory made it two in a row for Open Door Christian and bumps their season record up to 7-5-1. As for Lincoln West, they pushed their record up to 10-1-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home.
Open Door Christian might still be hurting after the 5-2 defeat they got from Lincoln West when the teams last played back in September of 2015. Can Open Door Christian avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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