Soccer Preview: Altoona vs. DuBois
Altoona is 10-0 against DuBois since September of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Altoona Mountain Lions have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the DuBois Beavers at 7:30 p.m. Altoona is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3 goals per game this season.
Altoona will bounce into Wednesday's match after beating State College, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Altoona came out on top against State College by a score of 3-1 on Monday. Given the Mountain Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 13th, while the Little Lions are ranked 233rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jace Black and
Colin Etters scored all three of Altoona's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 24 goals.
Meanwhile, DuBois unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of Elk County Catholic by a score of 3-2.
Altoona pushed their record up to 12-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. As for DuBois, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-3-1.
Altoona beat DuBois 2-0 in their previous meeting back in September. Will Altoona repeat their success, or does DuBois have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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