Soccer Preview: Lancaster Mennonite vs. Halifax
The Lancaster Mennonite Blazers will head out to challenge the Halifax Wildcats at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Lancaster Mennonite can't be too worried about heading out to take on Halifax: they just beat High Point Baptist Academy at home, who had been dominant on their own pitch up to that point. Lancaster Mennonite put the hurt on High Point Baptist Academy with a sharp 5-1 win on Wednesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Blazers.
Meanwhile, Halifax waltzed into their matchup on Wednesday with 15 straight wins... but they left with 16. Their defense stepped up to hand the Squires a 4-0 shutout. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 53rd, while the Squires are ranked 294th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lancaster Mennonite's victory bumped their record up to 12-5-3. As for Halifax, their win was their tenth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-2.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
