Soccer Preview: Auburn vs. Pike Road
The Auburn Tigers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Pike Road Patriots at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Auburn is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alabama's top teams: Hoover, who was ranked 18th in their home state at the time (Auburn was ranked sixth). Auburn never let Hoover onto the board and left with a 1-0 win on Friday.
Meanwhile, Pike Road won against Park Crossing on Thursday with three goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Friday. Pike Road came out on top against Russell County by a score of 3-1. Given Pike Road's advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama soccer rankings (they are ranked 44th, while Russell County is ranked 177th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Pike Road was led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Toby Longnecker and
Carter Knopf, who scored all three of Pike Road's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 28 so far this season.
Auburn has been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3-3 record this season. As for Pike Road, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 13-7-1.
Everything went Auburn's way against Pike Road when the teams last played back in April of 2023 as Auburn made off with a 4-0 win. Does Auburn have another victory up their sleeve, or will Pike Road turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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