The Batavia Bulldogs's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Bethel-Tate Tigers at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Batavia is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.5 goals per game this season.
Batavia will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Tuesday, then bounced right back against Western Brown on Thursday. Batavia was the clear victor by a 4-1 margin over Western Brown. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 220th, while the Broncos are ranked 458th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Batavia hit Western Brown with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Riley Shelton (2),
Sutton Hunsicker, and
Gavin Brookbank.
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last game, Bethel-Tate made sure to put some goals up on the board against Georgetown on Thursday. They won by a goal and slipped past the G-Men 4-3. The result kept the Tigers happy, as they haven't lost a game yet this season.
Batavia has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Bethel-Tate, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-0-1.
Batavia came out on top in a nail-biter against Bethel-Tate when the teams last played back in October of 2023, sneaking past 2-1. Will Batavia repeat their success, or does Bethel-Tate have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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