Soccer Preview: Minerva vs. West Muskingum
The Minerva Lions will face off against the West Muskingum Tornadoes at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Wednesday, Minerva beat Carrollton 5-3. It was an even better day for Kyleigh Lippincott as she scored four goals for her team.
Maddie Standing, who's played more minutes than anyone else on the Minerva squad sat out for Wednesday's matchup. With Standing sidelined, Minerva had to make some big changes to the lineup. Three players got more time on the pitch than they're used to: Ireland KIrkpatrIck (70), Kaylie Loveless (80), and Kendra Johns (80). The trio had averaged 39, 34.4, and 38 minutes respectively before Wednesday's contest. Loveless made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal and three assists. A few more games like that and she might be seeing even more time going forward.
Meanwhile, West Muskingum's game on Wednesday was close up to the half, which is when they kicked things up a notch. Their defense stepped up to hand Morgan a 4-0 shutout.
Minerva's win bumped their record up to 7-8-3. As for West Muskingum, the victory got them back to even at 8-8-2.
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