The Pymatuning Valley Lakers will head out on the road to challenge the Brookfield Warriors at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Pymatuning Valley's offense might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against Bristol on Tuesday. They lost 4-0 to the Panthers. While losing is never fun, the Lakers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 545th, while the Panthers are ranked 270th).
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Brookfield was not quite Memorial's equal in the second half on Wednesday. They came up short against the Red Devils, falling 4-1. The Warriors have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Their goal came courtesy of
Mason Graybill, who's now up to three this season.
Pymatuning Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Brookfield, their loss dropped their record down to 1-4-1.
Everything went Pymatuning Valley's way against Brookfield when the teams last played back in August of 2023 as Pymatuning Valley made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pymatuning Valley 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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