The Mars Fightin' Planets are taking a road trip to take on the Butler Golden Tornado at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Mars' defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed last Wednesday. Everything went their way against Penn Hills as Mars made off with a 10-0 win. Given the Fightin' Planets' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 27th, while the Indians are ranked 423rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Butler, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Wednesday. They put the hurt on Greater Latrobe with a sharp 7-2 victory on Monday. The high-scoring effort was just what the Golden Tornado needed considering they were shutout in their previous match.
Their offense was hitting Greater Latrobe from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Ava Soley led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Mars is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-2 record this season. As for Butler, they now have a winning record of 9-8.
Mars came out on top in a nail-biter against Butler when the teams last played back in August of 2018, sneaking past 1-0. Does Mars have another victory up their sleeve, or will Butler turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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