The Mentor Cardinals will head out on the road to take on the West Geauga Wolverines at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Mentor is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.
Mentor's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. Everything went their way against Madison as Mentor made off with a 4-0 victory. Considering the Cardinals have won five matchups by more than two goals this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Despite a strong season so far, West Geauga has seen their luck take a bit of a downturn recently. They lost 4-0 to Hathaway Brown on Monday. While losing is never fun, the Wolverines can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 127th, while the Blazers are ranked 28th).
Mentor has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5-1 record this season. As for West Geauga, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-5-1.
Mentor beat West Geauga 3-1 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mentor since the team 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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