The Northwestern Wildcats are on the road again on Monday to play the Bowie Bulldogs at 3:30 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Northwestern is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Their defense stepped up to hand Suitland a 6-0 shutout on Monday. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Maryland soccer rankings (they are ranked 24th, while the Rams are ranked 188th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Bowie had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.9 goals) and they went ahead and made it eight on Thursday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over the Spartans.
Northwestern's win bumped their record up to 3-0-1. As for Bowie, they pushed their record up to 11-1 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home.
Northwestern was able to grind out a solid win over Bowie in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, winning 3-1. 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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