The North Allegheny Tigers will venture away from home to challenge the Montour Spartans at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. North Allegheny will be strutting in after a victory while Montour will be coming in after a loss.
North Allegheny is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Pennsylvania's top teams: Seneca Valley, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (North Allegheny was ranked 15th). North Allegheny walked away with a 4-2 win over Seneca Valley on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Tigers.
Meanwhile, Montour was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They came up short against Plum, falling 6-0. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 147th, while the Mustangs are ranked 16th).
Montour was without their leading scorer, Andrew Prunier, in Monday's matchup. With Prunier sidelined, Lucus Jenkins got his first action of the season.
North Allegheny pushed their record up to 6-2-2 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Montour, their loss dropped their record down to 6-4.
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