Soccer Preview: Valparaiso vs. Harrison
The Valparaiso Vikings will take on the Harrison Raiders at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Valparaiso's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by a 7-0 margin over Merrillville. That's two games straight that the Vikings have won by exactly seven goals.
Their offense was hitting Merrillville from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Will Donley led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Harrison). Everything went their way against West Lafayette on Thursday as Harrison made off with a 6-0 victory. The result kept the Raiders happy, as they haven't lost a game yet this season.
The win made it two in a row for Valparaiso and bumps their season record up to 7-5. As for Harrison, their victory bumped their record up to 6-0-4.
Valparaiso suffered a grim 5-1 defeat to Harrison in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Valparaiso was down 4-0.
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