After three games on the road, Altoona is heading back home. They will welcome the Selinsgrove Seals at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Altoona fought the good fight in their overtime contest against DuBois on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Beavers by a score of 7-6. The Mountain Lions' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Their offense was hitting DuBois from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Ava Frye led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Selinsgrove had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They never let the Wildcats onto the board and left with an 8-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Seals, who have now won six matches by three goals or more so far this season.
Altoona's loss dropped their record down to 11-4. As for Selinsgrove, they pushed their record up to 12-4 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home.
Altoona might still be hurting after the 4-1 defeat they got from Selinsgrove in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Altoona was down 3-0.
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