Mountain Ridge put another one in the bag on Thursday to keep their perfect season alive. They never let the Williamsport Wildcats onto the board and left with a 2-0 victory. Given the Miners' advantage in MaxPreps' Maryland soccer rankings (they are ranked 11th, while the Wildcats are ranked 141st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Charlie Simpson and
Austin Simpson scored both of Mountain Ridge's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 14 goals.
Mountain Ridge's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-0. As for Williamsport, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-4-4.
Mountain Ridge will be playing in front of their home fans against Southern at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. Southern knows how to get goals on the board -- the team has finished with four goals or more in their past four matchups -- so hopefully Mountain Ridge likes a good challenge. As for Williamsport, they will venture away from home to face off against Bishop Walsh at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Williamsport is facing Bishop Walsh at the right time seeing as Bishop Walsh is stuck on an 11-game losing streak.
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