Mountain Ridge has gone 9-1 against Northern recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The Mountain Ridge Miners will look to defend their home pitch against the Northern Huskies at 12:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Northern is hoping to do what Williamsport couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Mountain Ridge's winning streak, which now stands at five games. Mountain Ridge's defense stepped up to hand Williamsport an 8-0 shutout. Given the Miners' advantage in MaxPreps' Maryland soccer rankings (they are ranked 20th, while the Wildcats are ranked 151st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Northern came tearing into Monday's matchup with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They put the hurt on the Trojans with a sharp 6-0 victory. Give the Huskies' defense some credit: that's the team's fifth straight shutout.
They hit Hampshire with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Ainsley McHenery-Sorber (2),
Emma Hostetler (2),
Lyla Maust, and
Abby Nelson.
Mountain Ridge has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-1-1 record this season. As for Northern, they pushed their record up to 11-1-1 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home.
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