Joliet West is 1-8 against Plainfield East since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Tigers are taking a road trip to take on the Bengals at 4:30 p.m. Joliet West is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.6 goals per game this season.
Joliet West proved they can win big on Saturday (they won by four) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged out Stagg 3-2. Joliet West haven't had any issues with Stagg recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive victory against them.
Joliet West hit Stagg with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Jada Perez, Patricia Villalpando, and Emma Vugteveen.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Plainfield East). They never let Joliet Catholic get on the board and left with an 8-0 win two weeks ago. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded Plainfield East with their most commanding win of the season.
The victory got Joliet West back to even at 4-4. As for Plainfield East, their win bumped their record up to 3-1-1.
Joliet West skirted past Plainfield East 1-0 when the teams last played back in April of 2024. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Tigers since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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