Elkins has enjoyed the comforts of home their last five games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will challenge the East Fairmont Bees at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Elkins is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Lincoln, who was ranked 18th in their home state at the time (Elkins was ranked 15th). Elkins never let Lincoln onto the board and left with a 2-0 victory on Thursday. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Tigers were the better team in the second half.
Meanwhile, East Fairmont waltzed into their game on Thursday with 19 straight wins... but they left with 20. They blew past the Red Riders 3-0. The Bees might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 19 matches by three goals or more this season.
They hit Weir with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Carly Manchin,
Lily Larnerd, and
Sara Noechel.
East Fairmont pushed their record up to 22-1 with the win, which was their 12th straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 83 goals over those 12 matchups. As for Elkins, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4-1 record this season.
Elkins came up short against East Fairmont in their previous meeting back in October, falling 2-0. Can Elkins avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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