Mechanicsburg has won three straight games at home, while Cumberland Valley has won three straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Monday. The Mechanicsburg Wildcats will welcome the Cumberland Valley Eagles at 6:30 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Mechanicsburg is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Pennsylvania's top teams: Central Dauphin, who was ranked eighth in their home state at the time (Mechanicsburg was ranked 23rd). Mechanicsburg's defense stepped up to hand Central Dauphin a 1-0 shutout on Wednesday. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Wildcats were the better team in the second half.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cumberland Valley). They put the hurt on State College with a sharp 11-0 victory on Wednesday. Considering the Eagles have won seven contests by more than two goals this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Mechanicsburg's win bumped their record up to 10-1-2. As for Cumberland Valley, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season.
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