Southwestern is 0-3 against Metro-East Lutheran since October of 2015 but things could change on Wednesday. The Southwestern Piasa Birds will play host again on Wednesday to welcome the Metro-East Lutheran Knights, where kickoff is scheduled at 4:30 p.m. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Southwestern's offense might be in the hot seat on Wednesday considering what happened against Staunton on Tuesday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bulldogs.
Meanwhile, Metro-East Lutheran was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They came up short against Maryville Christian, falling 6-1. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 444th, while the Lions are ranked 205th).
Metro-East Lutheran's goal came courtesy of
Jack Schwarz, who's now up to nine this season.
Southwestern's defeat dropped their record down to 4-7. As for Metro-East Lutheran, their loss dropped their record down to 1-12.
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