The Ashland Arrows will face off against the Madison Comprehensive Rams at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Ashland will be strutting in after a win while Madison Comprehensive will be coming in after a defeat.
Ashland's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They were the clear victor by a 4-0 margin over Newark. Given the Arrows' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 124th, while the Wildcats are ranked 267th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Ashland hit Newark with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Adi Helbert,
Rowyn Garn, and
Lexi Mowry.
Meanwhile, Madison Comprehensive fell victim to Olentangy Berlin and their airtight defense on Thursday. They fell just short of the Bears by a score of 1-0. The Rams haven't had much luck with the Bears recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
The victory got Ashland back to even at 2-2-1. As for Madison Comprehensive, their loss dropped their record down to 3-2.
Ashland might still be hurting after the 5-1 defeat they got from Madison Comprehensive when the teams last played back in August of 2023. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Ashland was down 3-0.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
