New Albany has gone 6-0-1 against Westerville Central recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The New Albany Eagles are taking a road trip to square off against the Westerville Central Warhawks at 7:15 p.m.
New Albany is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Ohio's top teams: Archbishop Moeller, who was ranked first in their home state at the time (New Albany was ranked fourth). New Albany fell 2-0 to Archbishop Moeller on Saturday. The Eagles' loss signaled the end of their 13-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Westerville Central). They blew past Westerville North 4-1 on Tuesday. The Warhawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six contests by three goals or more this season.
They hit Westerville North with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Breydyn Folds,
Iliya Kitaev,
Kanon Newsom, and
Jake Nelson.
New Albany's defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-1. As for Westerville Central, their victory bumped their record up to 11-2-3.
New Albany was able to grind out a solid win over Westerville Central in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for New Albany 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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