Wheeling Park has gone 8-2 against University recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Wheeling Park Patriots will square off against the University Hawks at 5:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Wheeling Park comes in on ten and University on three.
Wheeling Park is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Morgantown, who was ranked sixth in their home state at the time (Wheeling Park was ranked second). Wheeling Park never let Morgantown onto the board and left with a 1-0 win on Thursday. The Patriots wouldn't have won without Wilson Hanna, who scored the game-winner.
Meanwhile, it may have taken extra minutes to finish the job, but University ultimately got the result they hoped for on Thursday. They skirted past Bridgeport 2-1. That's two games straight that the Hawks have won by just one goal.
Wheeling Park pushed their record up to 19-3 with the victory, which was their 12th straight at home. As for University, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7-2 record this season.
Everything went Wheeling Park's way against University in their previous matchup back in September, as Wheeling Park made off with an 8-1 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Wheeling Park 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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