Olentangy Liberty and Marysville are an even 3-3-1 against one another since September of 2015, but likely not for long. The Olentangy Liberty Patriots are on the road again on Wednesday to play the Marysville Monarchs at 7:00 p.m. Olentangy Liberty'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.
Olentangy Liberty's offense might be in the hot seat on Wednesday considering what happened against Archbishop Moeller on Saturday. They lost 3-0 to the Fighting Crusaders. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 123rd, while the Fighting Crusaders are ranked second).
Meanwhile, Marysville made easy work of Wapakoneta on Saturday and carried off a 6-1 victory. Considering the Monarchs have won six matchups by more than two goals this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Wapakoneta from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Colin Barta led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Olentangy Liberty's defeat dropped their record down to 4-10-3. As for Marysville, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5-1 record this season.
Olentangy Liberty took their win against Marysville in their previous meeting back in August of 2023 by a conclusive 5-0. Will Olentangy Liberty repeat their success, or does Marysville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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