The Enumclaw Hornets will square off against the Kent-Meridian Royals at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Enumclaw is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.5 goals per game this season.
Enumclaw is headed into the matchup having not lost since September 16 and will look to keep things rolling. They never let Jefferson onto the board and left with a 2-0 victory on Wednesday. Given the Hornets' advantage in MaxPreps' Washington soccer rankings (they are ranked 47th, while the Raiders are ranked 171st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Rylee Devol and
Emma Henshaw scored both of Enumclaw's goals, bringing their combined season tally to ten goals.
Meanwhile, Kent-Meridian fell victim to White River and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They came up short against the Hornets, falling 7-0. That's two games in a row now that the Royals have lost by exactly seven goals.
Enumclaw's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-1-4. As for Kent-Meridian, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-13.
Everything went Enumclaw's way against Kent-Meridian in their previous meeting back in September, as Enumclaw made off with an 8-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Enumclaw 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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