The Juniata Indians will head out on the road to take on the East Juniata Tigers at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Juniata will be strutting in after a victory while East Juniata will be coming in after a loss.
Juniata can't be too worried about heading out to take on East Juniata: they just beat Millersburg at home, who had been dominant on their own pitch up to that point. Juniata never let Millersburg get on the board and left with a 2-0 win on Wednesday. Juniata hasn't had any issues with Millersburg recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive victory against them.
Meanwhile, East Juniata was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They lost 4-1 to Halifax. The contest was a close 2-1 at the break, but unfortunately for East Juniata it sure didn't stay that way.
Their goal came courtesy of Sam Kopacki, which was the first he's scored this season.
East Juniata's loss dropped their record down to 3-12. As for Juniata, their win bumped their record up to 10-3-2.
Juniata skirted past East Juniata 2-1 when the teams last played back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Indians 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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