Soccer Preview: Bluffton vs. Allen East
Bluffton is 8-0-2 against Allen East since September of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Bluffton Pirates have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Allen East Mustangs at 6:00 p.m.
Bluffton is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to seven goals on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Dublin Jerome on Thursday. They lost 6-0 to the Celtics. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 168th, while the Celtics are ranked tenth).
Meanwhile, Allen East was able to grind out a solid win over Spencerville on Monday, taking the game 3-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Mustangs.
Rilynn Jones and
Rylie Jordan scored all three of Allen East's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 37 goals.
Bluffton's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-5-1. As for Allen East, their victory bumped their record up to 7-8-1.
Everything went Bluffton's way against Allen East when the teams last played back in September, as Bluffton made off with a 3-0 win. Does Bluffton have another victory up their sleeve, or will Allen East turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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