The General McLane Lancers are taking a road trip to square off against the Mercyhurst Prep Lakers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
General McLane's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. Everything went their way against Oil City as General McLane made off with an 8-0 victory. Given the Lancers' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 151st, while the Oilers are ranked 531st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
General McLane's offense was hitting Oil City from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Carter Sindlinger led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Mercyhurst Prep had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8 goals), and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They blew past the Braves 9-0. Give the Lakers' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
The win (which was alsoGeneral McLane's third in a row) raised their record to 5-3. As for Mercyhurst Prep, their victory bumped their record up to 5-2.
General McLane skirted past Mercyhurst Prep 3-2 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for General McLane since the team 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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