West Bend West is 1-8 against Hartford since September of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The West Bend West Spartans are on the road again to play the Hartford Orioles at 7:00 p.m. West Bend West is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.7 goals per game this season.
West Bend West will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Thursday, then bounced right back against Living Word Lutheran on Saturday. West Bend West was the clear victor by a 9-1 margin over Living Word Lutheran. With the Spartans ahead 5-1 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Their offense was hitting Living Word Lutheran from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Cal Baker led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Hartford was not quite Nicolet's equal in the second half on Thursday. They fell just short of the Knights by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, the Orioles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin soccer rankings (they are ranked 50th, while the Knights are ranked seventh).
West Bend West has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. As for Hartford, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-2.
Everything went West Bend West's way against Hartford in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 as West Bend West made off with a 4-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for West Bend West since the team 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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