Soccer Preview: Fox Chapel vs. Shaler Area
Fox Chapel has gone 10-0 against Shaler Area recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Fox Chapel Foxes' road trip will continue as they head out to face the Shaler Area Titans at 7:15 p.m. Fox Chapel is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.8 goals per game this season.
Fox Chapel will bounce into Monday's contest after beating North Allegheny, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Fox Chapel put the hurt on North Allegheny with a sharp 3-0 victory on Saturday. The result was nothing new for the Foxes, who have now won six matchups by three goals or more so far this season.
Alyssa Quackenbush and
Emily McKee scored all three of Fox Chapel's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 19 goals.
Meanwhile, after soaring to five goals the game before, Shaler Area was a bit more limited in their game on Monday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Hampton. While losing is never fun, the Titans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 223rd, while the Talbots are ranked 87th).
Fox Chapel's win bumped their record up to 8-0-1. As for Shaler Area, their defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 3-4.
Everything went Fox Chapel's way against Shaler Area when the teams last played back in August as Fox Chapel made off with a 5-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Fox Chapel since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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