Mount Union has enjoyed the comforts of home their last six games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the McConnellsburg Spartans at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.
Mount Union is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to five goals on Tuesday, they were much more limited against North Star on Thursday. They lost 7-1 to the Cougars.
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last contest, McConnellsburg made sure to put some goals up on the board against Northern Bedford County on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Panthers a 14-0 shutout. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 108th, while the Panthers are ranked 398th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mount Union's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for McConnellsburg, they pushed their record up to 4-1 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Mount Union suffered a grim 12-0 defeat to McConnellsburg when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Mount Union avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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