The Franklin Sabers are taking a road trip to challenge the Waukesha West Wolverines at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Franklin is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They never let Milwaukee Reagan get on the board and left with a 4-0 win. Give Franklin's defense some credit: that's the team's eighth straight shutout.
They hit Milwaukee Reagan with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Mihajlo Marinkovic (2), Andrew Bergdolt, and Fernando Herrera.
Meanwhile, Waukesha West came tearing into Saturday's matchup with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.7 goals), and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Bulldogs 5-0. Given Waukesha West's advantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin soccer rankings (they are ranked 11th, while West Allis Central are ranked 124th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Franklin's victory bumped their record up to 15-2-3. As for Waukesha West, their win bumped their record up to 14-3-2.
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