Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask West Branch). Their defense stepped up to hand the Marlington Dukes a 4-0 shutout on Wednesday. The score was close at the half, but the Warriors pulled away in the second half with three goals.
They hit Marlington with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Emma Klingensmith (2),
Sammi Beatty, and
Allie Brammer.
West Branch has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-1-3 record this season. As for Marlington, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 0-8-1.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. West Branch will stay at home for another game and welcome McKinley at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. As for Marlington, they will host Howland at 7:00 p.m. on Monday.
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