After three games on the road, Morgantown is heading back home. They will welcome the Preston Knights at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Morgantown is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Washington, who was ranked 17th in their home state at the time (Morgantown was ranked fifth). Neither Morgantown nor Washington could gain the upper hand on Saturday so the two teams had to settle for a 1-1 draw.
Morgantown's goal came courtesy of
Ayden Shepard, who's now up to two this season.
Meanwhile, Preston was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They came up short against Southern, falling 5-0.
Morgantown's draw gives them a new season record of 11-2-3. As for Preston, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-11-1.
Everything went Morgantown's way against Preston in their previous matchup back in October of 2020, as Morgantown made off with a 4-0 victory. Will Morgantown repeat their success, or does Preston have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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