Soccer Preview: Pike Road vs. Auburn
The Pike Road Patriots will head out on the road to face off against the Auburn Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Pike Road is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 3.4 goals per game this season.
If Pike Road beats Auburn with three goals on Tuesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Pike Road came out on top against Russell County by a score of 3-1 on Friday. Given Pike Road's advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama soccer rankings (they are ranked 44th, while Russell County is ranked 177th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Pike Road was led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Toby Longnecker and
Carter Knopf, who scored all three of Pike Road's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 28 so far this season.
Meanwhile, Auburn kept a clean sheet against Hoover on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Buccaneers 1-0.
Pike Road is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-7-1 record this season. As for Auburn, their victory bumped their record up to 14-3-3.
Pike Road suffered a grim 4-0 defeat to Auburn in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Can Pike Road avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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