Soccer Preview: Northern vs. Mountain Ridge
Northern has enjoyed the comforts of home their last six games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Mountain Ridge Miners at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Northern's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They were the clear victor by a 6-0 margin over Hampshire. Give the Huskies' defense some credit: that's the team's fifth straight shutout.
They hit Hampshire with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Ainsley McHenery-Sorber (2),
Emma Hostetler (2),
Lyla Maust, and
Abby Nelson.
Meanwhile, Mountain Ridge entered their tilt with Williamsport on Thursday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They put the hurt on the Wildcats with a sharp 8-0 win. Given the Miners' advantage in MaxPreps' Maryland soccer rankings (they are ranked 20th, while the Wildcats are ranked 151st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Northern pushed their record up to 11-1-1 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home. As for Mountain Ridge, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-1-1 record this season.
Northern skirted past Mountain Ridge 2-1 when the teams last played back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for Northern since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
