Soccer Preview: Niagara Falls Meets Lockport

The Niagara Falls Wolverines will take on the Lockport Lions at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Lockport has given up an average of 4.0 goals per game this season, but Wednesday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.

Lockport better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if Niagara Falls' game on Monday is any indication, that's when Niagara Falls really gets things going. The Wolverines never let Bishop Timon-St. Jude get on the board and left with a 4-0 win.

Meanwhile, Monday just wasn't the day for Lockport's offense. They lost 6-0 to St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute. While losing is never fun, Lockport can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York soccer rankings (they are ranked 275th, while St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute are ranked 39th).

Niagara Falls has now won four of their last five games at home. That run has powered them to a 5-2 record this season. The home victories came by way of their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 15 goals over those five contests. As for Lockport, they are now 2-5, having gone 2-1 since their five-game losing streak ended.