Rootstown has been on the road for two straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Lake Center Christian Tiger at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty goal totals in their previous games.
Rootstown's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Aquinas with a sharp 11-0 win. Considering the Rovers have won eight matchups by more than three goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Aquinas from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Zach Pastor led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for four goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Lake Center Christian hasn't lost a match since August 17th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Tuesday. They came out on top against John F. Kennedy Catholic by a score of 4-2. Given the Tiger's advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 125th, while the Eagles are ranked 391st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Rootstown's victory bumped their record up to 10-5. As for Lake Center Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-1-2 record this season.
Rootstown might still be hurting after the 6-2 loss they got from Lake Center Christian when the teams last played back in September. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Rootstown was down 4-1.
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