Bartlett has been on the road for two straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will take on the South Elgin Storm at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Bartlett can now show off five landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Larkin a 4-0 shutout. Bartlett's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last eight games.
Meanwhile, South Elgin has not lost a match since April 15th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Tuesday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over Elgin. Given South Elgin's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 57th, while Elgin is ranked 224th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Christina Slovik and
Ava Baker scored both of South Elgin's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 14 goals.
Bartlett has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4-2 record this season. As for South Elgin, they pushed their record up to 13-6-1 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
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