The Bethel Wildcats will challenge the East Haven Yellowjackets at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Bethel is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Connecticut's top teams: Weston, who was ranked sixth at the time (Bethel was ranked eighth). The Wildcats fell just short of the Trojans by a score of 2-1 on Sunday. The matchup was a 1-1 toss-up at halftime, but Bethel couldn't quite close it out.
Meanwhile, East Haven was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They came up short against West Haven, falling 3-0.
Bethel's loss was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 9-1-2 and their overall record down to 13-2-2. As for East Haven, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-14.
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