The Elder Panthers will head out to challenge the La Salle Lancers at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Elder will be strutting in after a victory while La Salle will be coming in after a loss.
Elder will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Wednesday, then bounced right back against Fairmont on Saturday. Elder blew past Fairmont 4-1. The win was all the more spectacular given the Panthers' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 197th, while the Firebirds are ranked 21st).
Meanwhile, La Salle was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They fell just short of Archbishop McNicholas by a score of 3-2. That's two games in a row now that the Lancers have lost by just one goal.
Devon Murphy and
Joe Harmon scored both of La Salle's goals, bringing their combined season tally to five goals.
The victory snapped Elder's losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 3-4-3 record. As for La Salle, their loss dropped their record down to 3-7-2.
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