Oswego has won five straight games at home, while Joliet West has won five straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Tuesday. The Panthers will welcome the Tigers at 4:30 p.m.
Oswego is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Illinois' top teams: Neuqua Valley, who was ranked tenth at the time (Oswego was ranked 15th). The Panthers fell just short of the Wildcats by a score of 1-0 on Saturday. Oswego's defeat signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, Joliet West kept a clean sheet against Bolingbrook on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Raiders with a sharp 5-0 victory. The result was nothing new for Joliet West, who have now won eight matchups by three goals or more so far this season.
They hit Bolingbrook with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Emma Vugteveen (3), Mackenzie Mertes, and Isabel Cordoba.
Joliet West is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-7 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 35 goals over those nine contests. As for Oswego, their loss dropped their record down to 18-4-1.
Everything went Oswego's way against Joliet West when the teams last played back in May of 2024, as Oswego made off with a 5-1 victory. Do the Panthers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Tigers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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