Wheeling Park is on a seven-game streak of home wins, while Winfield is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Wheeling Park Patriots will host the Winfield Generals at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both are at an even 3-3-2 against one another since August of 2015, but likely not for long.
Wheeling Park is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Parkersburg, who was ranked sixth in their home state at the time (Wheeling Park was ranked fourth). Wheeling Park's defense stepped up to hand Parkersburg a 7-0 shutout on Thursday. The Patriots might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matches by three goals or more this season.
They hit Parkersburg with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Julia Dunaway (3),
Brenna Tipton (2),
Katelyn Smith, and
Caroline L'Ecuyer.
Meanwhile, Winfield's game on Thursday was all tied up 1-1 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They beat Huntington by a goal, winning 2-1.
Wheeling Park is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4-1 record this season. As for Winfield, their win bumped their record up to 13-4-2.
Wheeling Park beat Winfield 2-0 in their previous matchup back in August of 2023. Will Wheeling Park repeat their success, or does Winfield have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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