Fox Chapel has won five straight games at home, while Mars has won five straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Wednesday. The Fox Chapel Foxes will host the Mars Fightin' Planets at 3:45 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Fox Chapel will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Thursday, then bounced right back against Obama Academy of International Studies on Monday. Everything went Fox Chapel's way against Obama Academy of International Studies as Fox Chapel made off with a 9-1 win.
Fox Chapel's 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.
Meanwhile, Mars kept a clean sheet against Gateway on Monday. They blew past the Gators 5-0. 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.
Fox Chapel's victory bumped their record up to 12-0-1. As for Mars, their win bumped their record up to 11-1.
Fox Chapel beat Mars by a goal in their previous meeting back in September, winning 1-0. Will Fox Chapel repeat their success, or does Mars have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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