Soccer Preview: North Penn-Liberty vs. Athens
North Penn-Liberty is 0-10 against Athens since September of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The North Penn-Liberty Mountie will square off against the Athens Wildcats at 5:30 p.m. North Penn-Liberty is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.5 goals per game this season.
North Penn-Liberty will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any goals on Saturday, then bounced right back against Towanda on Tuesday. North Penn-Liberty had just enough and edged Towanda out 4-3. The score was all tied up 1-1 at the break, but the Mountie were the better team in the second half.
They hit Towanda with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Adynn Wheeland (2),
Truman Loudenslager, and
Mason Forer.
Meanwhile, Athens was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They fell 2-0 to Horseheads.
North Penn-Liberty now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Athens, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
North Penn-Liberty might still be hurting after the 10-2 loss they got from Athens in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can North Penn-Liberty avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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