Soccer Game Preview: Middletown Leaves Home

By Team Reports Aug 30, 2024, 2:16am

Soccer Preview: Middletown vs. Northern Lebanon

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The Middletown Blue Raiders will square off against the Northern Lebanon Vikings at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday.

Middletown is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against East Pennsboro on Thursday. Middletown came up short against East Pennsboro, falling 4-1. The Blue Raiders haven't had much luck with the Panthers recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.

Middletown's goal came courtesy of Nolan Berstler, which was the first he's scored this season.

Meanwhile, Northern Lebanon entered their tilt with Hamburg on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They never let the Hawks onto the board and left with a 3-0 win. Give the Vikings' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.

Having lost for the first time this season, Middletown fell to 2-1. As for Northern Lebanon, they pushed their record up to 3-0 with that victory, which was their third straight at home.

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