Pirates
| 09/02/25 vs Crestview | 9 |
| 08/30/25 vs Celina | 1 |
| 08/26/25 vs Spencerville | 3 |
Bluffton hasn't had much luck against Liberty-Benton recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Pirates will venture away from home to take on the Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Bluffton is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.2 goals per game this season.
Bluffton will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Saturday, then bounced right back against Crestview on Tuesday. The Pirates never let the Knights get on the board and left with a 9-0 victory. The win continues a trend for Bluffton in their matchups with Crestview: they've now won five in a row.
Bluffton's offense was hitting Crestview from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal. Aubrey Burkholder led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, after soaring to five goals the game before, Liberty-Benton was a bit more limited in their game on Saturday. They lost 4-0 to Ottawa-Glandorf. While losing is never fun, Liberty-Benton can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 99th, while Ottawa-Glandorf are ranked 26th).
Liberty-Benton's loss dropped their record down to 2-2-1. As for Bluffton, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
Bluffton suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Liberty-Benton when the teams last played back in October of 2021. Can the Pirates avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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