Soccer Preview: Washington vs. Lincoln
The Washington Panthers will stay at home for another game and welcome the Lincoln Railsplitters at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Washington's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They put the hurt on Champaign Central with a sharp 8-0 win. Considering the Panthers have won 15 matches by more than two goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Champaign Central from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Eric Nolte led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Lincoln had no problem doing just that on Saturday. They blew past the Raiders 6-0. That looming 6-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Railsplitters yet this season.
Washington has been performing well recently as they've won 14 of their last 17 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4-1 record this season. As for Lincoln, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-16-1.
Washington took their win against Lincoln in their previous meeting back in September of 2015 by a conclusive 7-0. Does Washington have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lincoln turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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