Soccer Preview: Mercy vs. West Haven
Mercy is 9-1 against West Haven since October of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Mercy Tigers are taking a road trip to take on the West Haven Blue Devils at 5:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mercy has 11 straight wins, West Haven has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Mercy will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Tuesday, then bounced right back against Wilbur Cross on Thursday. Everything went Mercy's way against Wilbur Cross as Mercy made off with a 7-0 victory. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine contests by three goals or more this season.
Meanwhile, West Haven came up short against Lauralton Hall on Monday and fell 5-3.
Mercy's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-0. As for West Haven, their loss dropped their record down to 2-10-1.
Mercy took their victory against West Haven when the teams last played back in September by a conclusive 9-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mercy since the squad 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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