Soccer Preview: Pine-Richland vs. North Allegheny
Pine-Richland and North Allegheny are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2018, but likely not for long. The Pine-Richland Rams will square off against the North Allegheny Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Pine-Richland is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
Last Thursday, Pine-Richland came up short against Fox Chapel and fell 4-2. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 117th, while the Foxes are ranked 16th).
Meanwhile, North Allegheny came tearing into Saturday's match with five straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They were the clear victor by a 4-0 margin over the Talbots. North Allegheny's victory was all the more impressive since the Talbots were averaging only 0.45 goals allowed on the season.
North Allegheny hit Hampton with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Owen Lopresti,
Mykola Denysenko,
Noah Hutter, and Hutter.
Pine-Richland now has a losing record at 6-7. As for North Allegheny, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2-2 record this season.
Pine-Richland skirted past North Allegheny 2-1 in their previous meeting on September 10th. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pine-Richland since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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