On Saturday Northwestern Lehigh will have to hit the road after seven straight games at home. They will face off against the Central Columbia Bluejays at 11:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Northwestern Lehigh is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Hughesville a 4-0 shutout. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Tigers considering their one-goal performance the contest before.
Meanwhile, Central Columbia came tearing into Tuesday's match with 19 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.2 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Knights 3-0. Given the Bluejays' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked sixth, while the Knights are ranked 107th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Central Columbia hit Lake-Lehman with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Quinlan Blake,
Joey Devlin, and
Haley Bull.
Northwestern Lehigh pushed their record up to 26-0 with the win, which was their 14th straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only given up two goals over those 14 matchups. As for Central Columbia, their victory bumped their record up to 20-1.
Northwestern Lehigh came out on top in a nail-biter against Central Columbia in their previous meeting back in August, sneaking past 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Northwestern Lehigh 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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