On Thursday, Morgantown faced Wheeling Park in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Morgantown Mohigans fell 2-0 to the Wheeling Park Patriots. It was the first time this season that the Mohigans let down their fans at home.
Morgantown was without their leading scorer, Ella Miller, in Thursday's match. With Miller sidelined, Shae Nethken got her first action of the season.
The defeat snapped Morgantown's winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 9-1-1 record. As for Wheeling Park, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3-1 record this season.
Morgantown will look to defend their home pitch on Tuesday against Bridgeport at 6:00 p.m. Bridgeport knows how to get goals on the board -- the squad has finished with four goals or more in their past five matchups -- so hopefully Morgantown likes a good challenge. As for Wheeling Park, they are taking a road trip to take on Parkersburg South at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Parkersburg South will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more goals each game than the last.
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