Soccer Preview: Baldwin vs. Moon Area
The Baldwin Highlanders are taking a road trip to challenge the Moon Area Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Baldwin has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with nine straight losses, while Moon Area will come in with 12 straight wins.
Baldwin managed to keep up with West Allegheny until halftime on Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Baldwin came up short against West Allegheny, falling 4-1. While losing is never fun, the Highlanders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 481st, while the Indians are ranked 178th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Moon Area). They never let Blackhawk onto the board and left with an 11-0 victory on Thursday. Considering the Tigers have won seven games by more than two goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Baldwin's defeat dropped their record down to 0-9. As for Moon Area, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-0.
Baldwin suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to Moon Area in their previous meeting back in August. Can Baldwin avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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