Soccer Recap: Wednesday's Victory Is Richland County's Sixth in Last Eight Outings

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Previous 5 Games

09/17/25 - Home	2-0 W
09/18/24 - Away	0-5 L
09/13/23 - Home	3-3 T
09/14/22 - Away	0-3 L
09/15/21 - Home	0-6 L

While Richland County didn't have the best season last year (they finished 6-17), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. Their defense stepped up to hand the Marion Wildcats a 2-0 shutout on Wednesday. Richland County were shut out 5-0 the last time they took on Marion, so Richland County were just returning the favor.

Owen Kocher and Daniel Zhu scored both of Richland County's goals, bringing their combined season tally to eight goals.

Richland County has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 7-2-2 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 26 goals over those eight matches. As for Marion, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-7.

Richland County wasted no time getting back out on the pitch and has already played their next game, a 5-0 victory against St. Anthony on the 20th. As for Marion, they have also already played their next contest, a 1-0 loss against Massac County on the 22nd.