The Athens Bulldogs will square off against the Chillicothe Cavaliers at 7:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Athens is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They never let Miami Trace onto the board and left with a 1-0 win. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 109th, while the Panthers are ranked 262nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Chillicothe, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Wednesday. They came out on top against Warren by a score of 3-1 on Wednesday.
Kiera Archer and
Alex Erslan scored all three of Chillicothe's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 53 goals.
The victory made it two in a row for Athens and bumps their season record up to 9-5-3. As for Chillicothe, they pushed their record up to 11-4-2 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Athens came out on top in a nail-biter against Chillicothe when the teams last played back in September, sneaking past 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Athens 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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