The West Liberty-Salem Tigers will head out to square off against the Shawnee Braves at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. West Liberty-Salem is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses.
West Liberty-Salem is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to four goals on Monday, they were much more limited against Greeneview on Thursday. They fell 3-1 to the Rams. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 344th, while the Rams are ranked 115th).
Meanwhile, Shawnee hasn't lost a match since September 14th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Monday. They were the clear victor by a 5-2 margin over Bellefontaine. Considering the Braves have won six contests by more than two goals this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Bellefontaine with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Phoebe Fout (2),
Kendall Richardson,
Rachel White, and
Ella Foreman.
West Liberty-Salem's loss dropped their record down to 4-8-1. As for Shawnee, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-4-3 record this season.
Everything went West Liberty-Salem's way against Shawnee in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as West Liberty-Salem made off with an 8-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for West Liberty-Salem since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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