The North Allegheny Tigers's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Butler Golden Tornado at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Butler took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on North Allegheny, who comes in off a win.
Last Tuesday, North Allegheny was able to grind out a solid win over Pine-Richland, taking the game 3-1. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked first, while the Rams are ranked 132nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
North Allegheny hit Pine-Richland with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Lucas Henderson,
Nathan Katari, and
Ben Hickel.
Meanwhile, after soaring to four goals the game before, Butler was a bit more limited in their match on Tuesday. They fell just short of North Hills by a score of 2-1.
North Allegheny is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-2-2 record this season. As for Butler, they dropped their record down to 2-10-1 with the loss, which was their fifth straight at home.
North Allegheny took their victory against Butler in their previous meeting back in September by a conclusive 3-0. Will North Allegheny repeat their success, or does Butler have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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