The Piper Pirates will head out on the road to challenge the Lansing Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Piper is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to six goals on Thursday, they were much more limited against Shawnee Heights on Tuesday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Thunderbirds. While losing is never fun, Piper can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas soccer rankings (they are ranked 68th, while Shawnee Heights is ranked 20th).
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Lansing's offense. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 6-0 walloping at the hands of De Soto on Thursday.
Piper's loss dropped their record down to 3-7. As for Lansing, they dropped their record down to 3-6 with that defeat, which was their third straight at home.
Everything went Piper's way against Lansing in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 as Piper made off with a 5-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Piper since the squad 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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