Soccer Preview: Tumwater vs. Black Hills
Tumwater is 10-0 against Black Hills since October of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Tumwater Thunderbirds are taking a road trip to face off against the Black Hills Wolves at 7:00 p.m. Tumwater knows how to get goals on the board -- the squad has finished with four goals or more in their past five matches -- so hopefully Black Hills likes a good challenge.
Tumwater's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They blew past Shelton 10-0. The result was nothing new for the Thunderbirds, who have now won six contests by three goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Shelton from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Lucy Bergford led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, after soaring to five goals the game before, Black Hills was a bit more limited in their game on Thursday. While the 1-1 score might suggest a draw, it was Centralia who was credited with the victory. Centralia got it done in the shootout by posting three goals to Black Hills' two.
Tumwater pushed their record up to 6-1-2 with the win, which was their third straight at home. As for Black Hills, they now have a losing record at 3-4-1.
Tumwater took their victory against Black Hills when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 9-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Tumwater 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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