The Fox Chapel Foxes are taking a road trip to take on the Pine-Richland Rams at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Fox Chapel is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.
Fox Chapel is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering North Allegheny just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 1-0. The matchup was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but the Foxes couldn't quite close it out.
Meanwhile, Pine-Richland's game on Thursday was all tied up 1-1 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They had just enough and edged Butler out 3-2. Given the Rams' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 123rd, while the Golden Tornado are ranked 301st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Having lost for the first time this season, Fox Chapel fell to 6-1-1. As for Pine-Richland, the victory got them back to even at 6-6.
Fox Chapel was able to grind out a solid win over Pine-Richland in their previous meeting on September 5th, winning 2-0. 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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