The Normal West Wildcats will look to defend their home pitch on Tuesday against the Pekin Dragons at 6:30 p.m. The matchup should be an exciting one, as these teams are closely ranked in Illinois (Normal West is ranked 123rd, while Pekin is ranked 129th).
Normal West is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to eight goals on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Springfield on Thursday. They lost 5-0 to the Senators.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Pekin gave their fans yet another huge victory on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand East Peoria a 9-0 shutout. The high-scoring effort was just what Pekin needed considering they were shutout in their previous contest.
Their offense was hitting East Peoria from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Eden Cole led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Normal West's loss dropped their record down to 10-10-2. As for Pekin, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5-3 record this season.
Normal West took their win against Pekin in their previous matchup back in June of 2021 by a conclusive 5-0. Does Normal West have another victory up their sleeve, or will Pekin turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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