The Wheeling Park Patriots are on the road again on Saturday to play the George Washington Patriots at 4:00 p.m. Wheeling Park is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.7 goals per game this season.
On Thursday, Wheeling Park had just enough and edged Weir out 2-1. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked fourth, while the Red Riders are ranked 114th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Brenna Tipton and
Julia Dunaway scored both of Wheeling Park's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 24 goals.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask George Washington). They blew past St. Albans 10-0 on Thursday. Give the Patriots' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Wheeling Park's win bumped their record up to 8-2-1. As for George Washington, they pushed their record up to 8-3 with that victory, which was their third straight at home.
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