Western and Northwestern are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2019, but likely not for long. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Panthers challenges the Northwestern Tigers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Western is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 5-1 margin over Peru. The high-scoring effort was just what the Panthers needed considering they were shutout in their previous matchup.
Meanwhile, Northwestern had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 goals) and they went ahead and made it seven on Tuesday. They never let the Giants onto the board and left with a 5-0 victory. Give the Tigers' defense some credit: that's the team's fifth straight shutout.
The win snapped Western's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 7-9-2 record. As for Northwestern, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3-1 record this season.
Western suffered a grim 9-0 defeat to Northwestern when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Western avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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