Soccer Preview: Lancaster vs. St. Francis
The Lancaster Legends are on the road again on Saturday to play the St. Francis Red Raiders at 12:00 p.m. Lancaster will be strutting in after a victory while St. Francis will be coming in after a loss.
If St. Francis heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Lancaster took over last week. Lancaster won by a goal and slipped past Orchard Park 3-2. Given the Legends' advantage in MaxPreps' New York soccer rankings (they are ranked 43rd, while the Quakers are ranked 137th), the result on Wednesday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, St. Francis was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They lost 4-0 to Nichols. The game was up for grabs at halftime, but sadly the Red Raiders struggled afterwards.
Lancaster's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-1. As for St. Francis, their loss dropped their record down to 1-7.
Lancaster beat St. Francis 3-1 in their previous meeting back in September of 2022. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lancaster since the team 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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