The Watkins Memorial Warriors will face off against the Canal Winchester Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Watkins Memorial is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.9 goals per game this season.
Canal Winchester is hoping to do what Licking Heights couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Watkins Memorial's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Watkins Memorial's defense stepped up to hand Licking Heights a 3-0 shutout. Give the Warriors' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Watkins Memorial's lineup was just a bit different on Thursday as Colten Musick got a bit more time on the pitch (75 vs. his season average of 55.2). Musick made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal. A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
Meanwhile, Canal Winchester managed to keep up with Reynoldsburg until halftime on Saturday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Canal Winchester came up short against Reynoldsburg, falling 3-0. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 411th, while the Raiders are ranked 162nd).
Watkins Memorial's win bumped their record up to 4-2-1. As for Canal Winchester, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-7.
Watkins Memorial suffered a grim 4-1 defeat to Canal Winchester in their previous meeting back in September of 2018. Can Watkins Memorial avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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