On a cool Saturday evening in Dublin, OH, neither Varsity nor JVA could muster much offense against their Celtic opponents.  The JVA squad led off facing the Jerome JVA squad and found trouble with ball control and in finding scoring opportunities.  Only a strong effort and very good defense kept the contest scoreless through the first half.  The lack of ball control finally caught up to the Wolves 12 minutes into the second period when the Celtics onslaught finally resulted in the first of three scores, and the final score ended 0-3.  The improving Wolves fought to the end, and better days are ahead.

The Varsity squad was every bit the equal of their Jerome opponent, and on a different night may have come away the victor.  The Wolves scored first on when Erkan Erciyas knocked in a fine centering pass from Bowen Rick. That ended up being the only score they could find against Jerome who enjoyed a fine performance by their goalkeeper.  Meanwhile, the Wolves also had a strong performance and seemed the better team for much of the contest.  Set piece problems again caused problems for the Wolves leading 2 of 3 scores given up, including an unlucky own goal.  Other breaks went against the rapidly improving Wolves this night, and they ended up falling on the road, 1-3 to the Jerome hosts.  They look forward to returning to their winning ways next Tuesday as they host Delaware Hayes.

BTW, the crowd difference at Jerome was noteworthy, as the number of visiting fans appeared to significantly outnumber the number of Jerome fans.  (This was not the first time our road fans outnumbered the home fans.)