Soccer Preview: Marietta vs. Wheeling Park
The Marietta Tigers are taking a road trip to take on the Wheeling Park Patriots at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
On Saturday, everything went Marietta's way against John Glenn as Marietta made off with a 4-1 win. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 33rd, while the Little Muskies are ranked 126th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Wheeling Park came tearing into Saturday's matchup with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.7 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They never let the Knights onto the board and left with a 10-0 victory.
Marietta pushed their record up to 11-1-2 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Wheeling Park, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
