It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Western can now relate to. They fell just short of the West Lafayette Red Devils by a score of 2-1 on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 105th, while the Red Devils are ranked 34th).
Western's goal came courtesy of
Parker Cox, who's now up to 17 this season.
Western's loss dropped their record down to 11-6-1. As for West Lafayette, the win (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 13-4-1.
Western does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for West Lafayette, they are on the road again on Thursday to play Northwestern at 6:00 p.m. Northwestern will roll in looking for their fourth straight victory, something West Lafayette surely won't give up without a fight.
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