Soccer Preview: Saucon Valley vs. Quakertown
The Saucon Valley Panthers will face off against the Quakertown Panthers at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Saucon Valley knows how to get goals on the board -- the team has finished with four goal or more in their past eight matches -- so hopefully Quakertown likes a good challenge.
Last Wednesday, everything went Saucon Valley's way against Palmerton as Saucon Valley made off with a 5-1 win. Fans of the Panthers have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 3+ goals.
Tesia Mikuta and
Elliot Policare scored all five of Saucon Valley's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 36 goals.
Meanwhile, Quakertown entered their contest against Central Bucks East on Saturday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Quakertown lost 5-0 to Central Bucks East. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 133rd, while the Patriots are ranked second).
Saucon Valley's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-0. As for Quakertown, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.
Saucon Valley came up short against Quakertown in their previous meeting back in September of 2019, falling 2-0. Can Saucon Valley avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
