The Deer Lakes Lancers will take on the Fairview Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
Deer Lakes took a loss when they played away from home last Monday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Wednesday. They had just enough and edged Burrell out 2-1. Given the Lancers' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 141st, while the Bucs are ranked 357th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Fairview had no problem doing just that on Wednesday. They won by a goal and slipped past the Ramblers 4-3. The win was nothing new for the Tigers as they're now sitting on 11 straight.
Jackson Chiocco and
Mason Melaragno scored all four of Fairview's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 30 goals.
Deer Lakes has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3-2 record this season. As for Fairview, they pushed their record up to 19-2 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
Everything went Deer Lakes' way against Fairview when the teams last played back in November of 2020, as Deer Lakes made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Deer Lakes 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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