Soccer Preview: Fort Wayne Northrop vs. East Noble
The Fort Wayne Northrop Bruins will face off against the East Noble Knights at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. Fort Wayne Northrop's defense has only allowed 0.2 goals per game this season, so East Noble's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Fort Wayne Northrop's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. Everything went their way against Fort Wayne Wayne as Fort Wayne Northrop made off with a 5-0 win. That five goal margin sets a new team best for the Bruins this season.
Fort Wayne Northrop was without their leading scorer, Namik Mehic, in Thursday's matchup. With Mehic sidelined, TJ Metro got his first action of the season.
Meanwhile, East Noble had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3 goals), and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They came out on top against the Lakers by a score of 3-1. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 58th, while the Lakers are ranked 205th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
East Noble hit Lakeland with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Peyton Straessle,
Silas Hand, and
Roman Pita.
The victory made it two in a row for Fort Wayne Northrop and bumps their season record up to 3-0-1. As for East Noble, their win bumped their record up to 3-1.
Fort Wayne Northrop took their victory against East Noble in their previous meeting back in October of 2019 by a conclusive 4-0. Will Fort Wayne Northrop repeat their success, or does East Noble have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
