The Wheeling Park Patriots will venture away from home to face off against the Steubenville Big Red at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Wheeling Park is coming into the game hot, having won their last three games.
Wheeling Park is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: George Washington, who was ranked ninth in their home state at the time (Wheeling Park was ranked fourth). Wheeling Park's defense stepped up to hand George Washington a 2-0 shutout on Saturday. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Wheeling Park was the better team in the second half.
Tresz McLeod was the driving force of Wheeling Park's attack as he scored both of Wheeling Park's goals, bringing his season total up to 16 goals.
Meanwhile, Steubenville hasn't lost a match yet, a trend which continued in their latest game on Saturday. Everything went their way against John Marshall as Steubenville made off with a 10-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Big Red, who have now won five matchups by five goals or more so far this season.
Wheeling Park's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-2. As for Steubenville, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-0-3 record this season.
Everything went Wheeling Park's way against Steubenville in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 as Wheeling Park made off with a 5-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Wheeling Park since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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