Soccer Preview: Columbia vs. King's Way Christian
Columbia hasn't had much luck against King's Way Christian recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The Columbia Bruins will venture away from home to take on the King's Way Christian Knights at 10:00 a.m. Columbia will be strutting in after a win while King's Way Christian will be coming in after a defeat.
Columbia took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand Tenino a 3-0 shutout. The Bruins might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matchups by three goals or more this season.
Meanwhile, after soaring to six goals the game before, King's Way Christian was a bit more limited in their contest on Thursday. They fell 3-1 to Montesano. The Knights haven't had much luck with the Bulldogs recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
King's Way Christian's goal came courtesy of
Shaylie Haij, who's now up to 41 this season.
Columbia is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-8 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 24 goals over those five matches. As for King's Way Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 14-4-1.
Columbia might still be hurting after the 6-1 defeat they got from King's Way Christian in their previous meeting back in October. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Columbia was down 5-0.
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