Pine-Richland and North Allegheny are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2018, but likely not for long. The Pine-Richland Rams will be playing in front of their home fans against the North Allegheny Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Pine-Richland is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to eight goals two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Fox Chapel on Thursday. They fell 2-0 to the Foxes. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 106th, while the Foxes are ranked tenth).
Meanwhile, North Allegheny waltzed into their matchup on Saturday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They never let the Knights onto the board and left with a 2-0 win. The Tigers' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three matches.
Nathan Katari and
Zachary Nash scored both of North Allegheny's goals, bringing their combined season tally to five goals.
Pine-Richland's loss dropped their record down to 4-3. As for North Allegheny, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 4-1-2 record this season.
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