After two games on the road, Athens is heading back home. They will welcome the Alexander Spartans at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Athens will be strutting in after a victory while Alexander will be coming in after a loss.
On Monday, Athens narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Philo 3-2. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 104th, while the Electrics are ranked 218th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Alexander didn't have quite enough to beat Fairfield on Saturday and fell 2-1. The Spartans haven't had much luck with the Lions recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Alexander's goal came courtesy of
Arbor Albano, who's now up to seven this season.
Athens has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 7-3-2 record this season. As for Alexander, they now have a losing record at 5-6.
Athens came out on top in a nail-biter against Alexander when the teams last played on September 5th, sneaking past 1-0. Does Athens have another victory up their sleeve, or will Alexander turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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