The Penncrest Lions will head out on the road to square off against the Ridley Raiders at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Penncrest has three straight wins, Ridley has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Penncrest is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Their defense stepped up to hand Chichester a 10-0 shutout on Friday. The Lions might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matches by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Chichester from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Dante Cholmeley-Jones led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for four goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Ridley fell victim to Radnor and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Raptors. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 412th, while the Raptors are ranked 16th).
Penncrest's victory bumped their record up to 11-4-1. As for Ridley, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7.
Penncrest beat Ridley 3-1 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Penncrest 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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