The Shorewood Stormrays will head out to face off against the Meadowdale Mavericks at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Shorewood is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Washington's top teams: Archbishop Murphy, who was ranked tenth at the time (Shorewood was ranked sixth). The Stormrays fell just short of the Wildcats by a score of 2-1 on Friday. The loss was Shorewood's first of the season.
Their goal came courtesy of Caleb Butler, who's now up to two this season.
Meanwhile, Meadowdale was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They were a single goal away from ending the streak, but they lost a 2-1 heartbreaker at the hands of Edmonds-Woodway. That's two games in a row now that Meadowdale have lost by just one goal.
Meadowdale's loss dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Shorewood, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 8-1.
Shorewood took their win against Meadowdale when the teams last played back in March of 2024 by a conclusive 6-0 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Stormrays 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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