The Oak Mountain Eagles will venture away from home to challenge the Westminster School at Oak Mountain Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Oak Mountain will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal last Saturday, then bounced right back against Northridge on Monday. The Eagles never let the Jaguars get on the board and left with a 4-0 win. Given Oak Mountain's advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama soccer rankings (they are ranked second, while Northridge are ranked 34th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Westminster School at Oak Mountain had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three two weeks ago. Everything went their way against the Wildcats as they made off with a 6-0 victory. Give Westminster School at Oak Mountain's defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Oak Mountain's win bumped their record up to 15-1-1. As for Westminster School at Oak Mountain, their victory bumped their record up to 8-2.
Oak Mountain was able to grind out a solid win over Westminster School at Oak Mountain in their previous meeting back in March of 2019, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Eagles 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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