The matchup between Solon and Western Dubuque on Thursday hardly resembled the 2-0 effort from their previous meeting. The Spartans' defense stepped up to hand the Bobcats a 9-0 shutout. The match marked Solon's most dominant victory of the season so far.
With the win, Solon broke their four-game losing streak and moved their record to 3-7. As for Western Dubuque, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-3-1.
Solon has already played their next game (against West Delaware), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Western Dubuque, they will square off against Clinton at 5:15 p.m. on Friday. Western Dubuque will be up against Clinton's rather soft defense (which has allowed 5.5 goals per contest), so fans could be in store for a big offensive performance.
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