Ottoville is 9-0-1 against Fort Jennings since September of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Ottoville Big Green will face off against the Fort Jennings Musketeers at 5:00 p.m. Ottoville's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for five straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Ottoville came up short against Coldwater on Tuesday, falling 4-1. That's two games in a row now that the Big Green have lost by exactly three goals.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Fort Jennings). Their defense stepped up to hand Van Wert a 12-0 shutout on Saturday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Musketeers considering their one-goal performance the game before.
Something new happened on Saturday as Edita Kovarova saw her first action of the season, playing 40 minutes against Van Wert. Kovarova made the most of the opportunity, scoring two goals. A few more games like that and she might be seeing even more time going forward.
Ottoville's loss dropped their record down to 5-10. As for Fort Jennings, the victory snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 5-11 record.
Ottoville beat Fort Jennings by a goal when the teams last played back in September, winning 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Ottoville 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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