The Bishop Guilfoyle Marauders are taking a road trip to challenge the Bald Eagle Area Eagles at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Bishop Guilfoyle is headed into Thursday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Tuesday. They came up short against Philipsburg-Osceola, falling 5-0. While losing is never fun, the Marauders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 357th, while the Mountaineers are ranked 66th).
Meanwhile, Bald Eagle Area has been struggling as of late, and they have yet to win a game this season. They fell just short of Hollidaysburg by a score of 2-1 on Tuesday. The match was a 1-1 toss-up at halftime, but the Eagles couldn't quite close it out.
Their goal came courtesy of
Owen Dechow, which was the first he's scored this season.
Bishop Guilfoyle's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Bald Eagle Area, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4-1.
Bishop Guilfoyle came out on top in a nail-biter against Bald Eagle Area in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, sneaking past 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Bishop Guilfoyle 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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