Palisades is 1-9 against Northwestern Lehigh since September of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Palisades Pirates will head out to square off against the Northwestern Lehigh Tigers at 7:00 p.m.
Palisades is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Southern Lehigh just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Monday. They came up short against the Spartans, falling 8-1. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 306th, while the Spartans are ranked 94th).
Meanwhile, Northwestern Lehigh put another one in the bag on Saturday to keep their perfect season alive. Their defense stepped up to hand Moravian Academy a 3-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Tigers, who have now won 19 games by three goals or more so far this season.
Jacob Van Lierop was the driving force of Northwestern Lehigh's attack as he scored all three of Northwestern Lehigh's goals, bringing his season total up to 57 goals.
Palisades' loss ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-9-1. As for Northwestern Lehigh, their win was their tenth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 21-0.
Palisades suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to Northwestern Lehigh when the teams last played back in September. Can Palisades avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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