The Bentonville West Wolverines will head out to challenge the Harrison Goblins at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.
Bentonville West is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arkansas' top teams: Bentonville, who was ranked second at the time (Bentonville West was ranked 15th). Bentonville West fell just short of Bentonville by a score of 2-1 on Thursday. The loss continues a trend for Bentonville West in their meetings with Bentonville: they've now lost three in a row.
Meanwhile, Harrison had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.3 goals) and they went ahead and made it eight on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Airedales a 7-0 shutout. Considering Harrison have won five matches by more than four goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Harrison pushed their record up to 8-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those four contests. As for Bentonville West, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1-2 and their overall record down to 4-3-2.
Bentonville West was able to grind out a solid win over Harrison in their previous meeting back in March of 2018, winning 5-3. Will Bentonville West repeat their success, or does Harrison has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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