The Mars Fightin' Planets will head out to take on the Fox Chapel Foxes at 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Fox Chapel is hoping to do what Gateway couldn't on Monday: put an end to Mars' winning streak, which now stands at six games. Mars' defense stepped up to hand Gateway a 5-0 shutout. Given the Fightin' Planets' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 35th, while the Gators are ranked 241st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Fox Chapel put another one in the bag on Monday to keep their undefeated season alive. Everything went their way against Obama Academy of International Studies as Fox Chapel made off with a 9-1 win. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Foxes considering their one-goal performance the game before.
Their offense was hitting Obama Academy of International Studies from everywhere, as eight different players booted in a goal.
Emily McKee led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Mars' record is now 11-1. As for Fox Chapel, they pushed their record up to 12-0-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
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