The Bloomington Purple Raiders will head out on the road to face off against the Richwoods Knights at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Bloomington will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings (they are ranked 277th, while Richwoods is ranked 55th).
Bloomington is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to seven goals on Thursday, they were much more limited against Streator/Woodland on Saturday. They lost 5-1 to the Bulldogs. Bloomington was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 4-0.
Meanwhile, Richwoods put the finishing touches on their ninth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They never let Manual onto the board and left with a 9-0 victory. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for Richwoods considering their one-goal performance the game before.
Their offense was hitting Manual from everywhere, as eight different players booted in a goal.
Andi Potts led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Bloomington's defeat dropped their record down to 5-10-1. As for Richwoods, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 15-3-1.
Bloomington might still be hurting after the 5-0 loss they got from Richwoods in their previous matchup back in April of 2023. Can Bloomington avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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