Soccer Preview: Lutheran West Meets Rootstown

The Lutheran West Longhorns will take on The Rootstown Rovers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Rootstown is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.8 goals per game this season.

Lutheran West gave up the first goal on Saturday, but they didn't give up any more after. They had just enough and edged out Gilmour Academy 2-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for Lutheran West.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Rootstown). They put the hurt on Manchester with a sharp 6-2 victory on Saturday. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 4-0.

Lutheran West's win brought them up to 3-1. As for Rootstown, their victory bumped their record up to 4-0.