Williamsville is 1-9 against Pleasant Plains/New Berlin since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Williamsville Bullets will be staying on the road to face off against the Pleasant Plains/New Berlin Cardinals at 5:45 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Williamsville's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Macomb 7-0. Williamsville's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last eight games.
They hit Macomb with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Calynn Frye (3),
Emile Mikus (2), and
Brooklyn Termine (2).
Meanwhile, Pleasant Plains/New Berlin came tearing into Tuesday's match with 13 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.6 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They put the hurt on the Warriors with a sharp 5-0 win. Given Pleasant Plains/New Berlin's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 25th, while Athens/PORTA is ranked 105th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Williamsville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-2 record this season. As for Pleasant Plains/New Berlin, they pushed their record up to 18-1 with that victory, which was their eighth straight at home.
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