Preview: Lancaster vs. Northwestern
Lancaster is 0-7 against Northwestern since February of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Lancaster Bruins will head out on the road to challenge the Northwestern Trojans at 7:00 p.m. Neither Lancaster nor Northwestern posted many goals in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.
Lancaster was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. Their tough 10-0 defeat to Indian Land might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Lancaster can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 163rd, while Indian Land is ranked 21st).
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Northwestern's offense. They suffered a rough 12-0 loss at the hands of Catawba Ridge on Friday. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Northwestern in their matchups with Catawba Ridge: they've now lost three in a row.
Lancaster's loss dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Northwestern, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 4-4.
Lancaster came up short against Northwestern in their previous meeting on March 5th, falling 3-1. Can Lancaster 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
