The McKeesport Tigers will challenge the Waynesburg Central Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
Having struggled with three losses in a row, McKeesport finally turned things around against Carrick last Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Raiders 2-1.
Meanwhile, Waynesburg Central had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.3 goals) and they went ahead and made it four on Wednesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Trojans , sneaking past 2-1. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 160th, while the Trojans are ranked 352nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Kolbi Rastoka and
Emily Rafferty scored both of Waynesburg Central's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 30 goals.
McKeesport's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-3. As for Waynesburg Central, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-2 record this season.
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