Adversity has struck for the first time this season.
Unexpected setbacks. Painful defeats.
Now, we’ll see how Middleton’s boys soccer team responds.
The Cardinals, who entered the week ranked No. 2 in the latest Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association poll, went 1-2-1 last week. Middleton fell to 9-2-2 on the season, but still leads the Big Eight Conference with a 5-1 record and 15 points.
“We still control our own destiny in the Big Eight Conference as the sole leaders,” Middleton coach Ben Kollasch said.
That’s certainly true. But the path to the top of the league got tougher last week.
Middleton defeated Sun Prairie, 2-1, last Tuesday. But the Cardinals fell to second place Madison Memorial, 2-0, last Thursday.
Memorial’s win gave it 14 points in the league, and left it tied for second place with Madison West, one point behind Middleton.