Soccer Preview: Oak Harbor vs. Maumee
Oak Harbor has enjoyed the comforts of home their last five games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Maumee Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Oak Harbor will be strutting in after a victory while Maumee will be coming in after a defeat.
Oak Harbor will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal last Wednesday, then bounced right back against Rossford on Wednesday. Oak Harbor put the hurt on Rossford with a sharp 6-1 win. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for the Rockets' offense, which had struggled in the games prior.
Their offense was hitting Rossford from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Kendall Gaines led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Maumee fell victim to Celina and their airtight defense on Saturday. They fell just short of the Bulldogs by a score of 1-0. That's two games in a row now that the Panthers have lost by just one goal.
Oak Harbor's victory bumped their record up to 3-1-2. As for Maumee, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-5-1.
Oak Harbor beat Maumee 4-2 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Will Oak Harbor repeat their success, or does Maumee have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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