The Joliet West Tigers will venture away from home to face off against the Andrew Thunderbolts at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Joliet West's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for four straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Joliet West will bounce into Tuesday's matchup after beating Romeoville, who they had gone 1-7-1 against in their nine prior meetings. The Tigers' defense stepped up to hand the Spartans a 1-0 shutout on Tuesday. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Joliet West were the better team in the second half.
Meanwhile, Andrew fell victim to Minooka and their airtight defense on Thursday. They lost 3-0 to the Indians. While losing is never fun, Andrew can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 214th, while Minooka are ranked 13th).
With the win, Joliet West broke their three-match losing streak and moved their record to 8-9-2. As for Andrew, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-12-2.
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