Northwestern will take on Peru at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Northwestern has six straight wins, Peru has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Northwestern's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They put the hurt on Eastern with a sharp 8-0 victory. Considering Northwestern have won ten matchups by more than two goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Eastern from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Abigail Keeney led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for four goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Peru fell victim to Manchester and their airtight defense on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Squires by a score of 1-0. That's two games in a row now that Peru have lost by just one goal.
Peru's defeat dropped their record down to 6-8. As for Northwestern, their win bumped their record up to 11-3-1.
Northwestern took their victory against Peru when the teams last played last Wednesday by a conclusive 9-2 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for Northwestern 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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