The Sun Prairie West Wolves are on the road again on Thursday to play the Madison La Follette Lancers at 7:00 p.m. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Sun Prairie West is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Hamilton on Saturday. Sun Prairie West fell just short of Hamilton by a score of 1-0. Wolves' loss signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, Madison La Follette was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They lost 4-1 to Middleton. While losing is never fun, the Lancers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin soccer rankings (they are ranked 148th, while the Cardinals are ranked tenth).
Madison La Follette's goal came courtesy of
Jibril Correa, which was the first he's scored this season.
Sun Prairie West's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-1. As for Madison La Follette, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-5-1.
Sun Prairie West took their win against Madison La Follette in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 6-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Sun Prairie West since the squad 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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