Joliet Central is 0-7 against Joliet West since May of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Joliet Central Steelmen will head out on the road to face off against the Joliet West Tigers at 4:30 p.m. Joliet Central will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings (they are ranked 310th, while Joliet West is ranked 100th).
Joliet Central is is headed into Tuesday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their seventh straight game on Thursday. They lost 6-2 to Romeoville. The matchup was a 2-2 toss-up at halftime, but Joliet Central couldn't quite close it out.
Julissa Calderon and
Kathleen Hernandez scored both of Joliet Central's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 11 goals.
Meanwhile, Joliet West has not done well against Plainfield East recently (they were 0-8 in their previous eight matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Joliet West had just enough and edged Plainfield East out 1-0. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Joliet West was the better team in the second half.
Joliet Central's defeat dropped their record down to 2-11. As for Joliet West, their win bumped their record up to 13-5-2.
Joliet Central suffered a grim 5-0 defeat to Joliet West when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Can Joliet Central avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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