Soccer Preview: Holy Redeemer vs. Lake-Lehman
Holy Redeemer has been on the road for four straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Lake-Lehman Knights at 8:15 p.m. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Holy Redeemer's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 1-0 victory over Delaware Valley. Given the Royals' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 47th, while the Warriors are ranked 131st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, after a string of eight wins, Lake-Lehman's good fortune finally ran out on Wednesday. They fell just short of Wilkes-Barre by a score of 2-1.
Lake-Lehman's goal came courtesy of
Kinley Purdy, who's now up to 37 this season.
Holy Redeemer's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-2. As for Lake-Lehman, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-3.
Holy Redeemer skirted past Lake-Lehman 3-2 in their previous meeting back in September. Will Holy Redeemer repeat their success, or does Lake-Lehman have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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