Wheeling managed to keep up with Buffalo Grove until halftime on Tuesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Wheeling Wildcats came up short against the Buffalo Grove Bison, falling 3-0. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Wildcats came into the match with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 50th, while the Bison are ranked 148th).
Wheeling was without their leading scorer, Adan Carrillo, in Tuesday's contest. With Carrillo sidelined, Matt Jaworski got his first action of the season.
This is the second loss in a row for Wheeling and nudges their season record down to 7-4-2. As for Buffalo Grove, their victory bumped their record up to 5-7-3.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Wheeling will venture away from home to take on Rolling Meadows at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Rolling Meadows is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.5 goals per game this season. As for Buffalo Grove, they will head out to challenge Elk Grove at 4:45 p.m. on Thursday.
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