Soccer Preview: Palisades vs. Northwestern Lehigh
Palisades hasn't had much luck against Northwestern Lehigh recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Palisades Pirates will head out to challenge the Northwestern Lehigh Tigers at 6:30 p.m.
Palisades is headed into Thursday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Saturday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Palmerton. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 239th, while the Blue Bombers are ranked 94th).
Meanwhile, Northwestern Lehigh put another one in the bag on Tuesday to keep their perfect season alive. They were the clear victor by a 6-2 margin over Jim Thorpe. Fans of the Tigers have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 3+ goal.
They hit Jim Thorpe with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Jacob Van Lierop (4),
Cayden Lloyd, and
Cole Mertz.
Palisades' defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Northwestern Lehigh, they pushed their record up to 4-0 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Palisades suffered a grim 9-0 defeat to Northwestern Lehigh when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Palisades 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
