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Lightridge Meridian

Bolts

Mustangs

The Meridian (Falls Church, VA) varsity soccer team won Thursday's home non-conference match against Lightridge (Aldie, VA) by a score of 3-2.

	1	2	Final
Lightridge	1	1	2
Meridian	1	2	3

Final score provided by F. Spinello.

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Match Stats

Lightridge (21-22)

Lightridge has not entered stats for this match.

Meridian (21-22)

Meridian

Field Stats

#	Athlete Name	Goals	Asst	Pts
	Team Totals	3	2	8
3	Matthew Hellert (Sr)		1	1
13	Anning Smith (Sr)	1		2
15	Tai Bhalla (Jr)	1		2
17	Yasin Shams (Sr)	1		2
20	Ben Atkeson (Sr)		1	1

Meridian

#	Athlete Name	G	GWG
	Team Totals	3	1
13	Anning Smith (Sr)	1	1
15	Tai Bhalla (Jr)	1
17	Yasin Shams (Sr)	1

Match Story

Virginia High School Soccer - Meridian nudges Lightridge

May 5, 2022: Falls Church, VA 22043

Meridian Mustangs (Falls Church, VA) supporters were pleased Thursday as they observed their soccer team hold off the visiting Lightridge Bolts (Aldie, VA), 3-2 in a non-league challenge.

Next, the Mustangs confront the Manassas Park Cougars (Manassas Park, VA) in a Northwestern challenge, on Tuesday, May 10. Meridian will attempt to move on its 9-0 season record. The Cougars come into the test with a 6-5 record after their 1-0 league win over Brentsville District (Nokesville, VA).

With the loss, Lightridge drops to 1-10 on the season. The Bolts host Loudoun Valley (Purcellville, VA) to meet the Vikings in a Dulles test on Wednesday, May 11. The Vikings come into the test with a record of 11-2.

Players of the Match

Lightridge (21-22)

Lightridge has not selected any Players of the Match.

Meridian (21-22)

Congratulations to #15 Tai Bhalla for being selected the Meridian Soccer Player of the Match.

Lightridge @ Meridian Soccer Match Info

Thu., May. 5, 2022 @ 7p

The Meridian (Falls Church, VA) varsity soccer team won Thursday's home non-conference match against Lightridge (Aldie, VA) by a score of 3-2.

Rankings & Records

Lightridge (21-22)

National	VA	Div.
1,511	206	39

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	GF	GA
1-12	0-5	1-3	0-9	.077	.000	12	56

Meridian (21-22)

National	VA	Div.
104	10	3

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	GF	GA
19-2-1	9-1	13-0-1	4-2	2-0	.886	.900	100	22

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	OT1	OT2	Final
Lightridge	.1	.1	-	-	.9
Meridian	1.9	2.4	0	1.0	4.5

Team Stat Comparison

Lightridge		Meridian
-	Goals	106
-	Assists	88
-	Goals Against Average	1.063

Team Leaders

Lightridge		Meridian	National Avg.
-	Goals	#13 Anning Smith22	4
-	Assists	#11 Alex Gardner18	3
-	Goals Against Average	#25 Mikey Cook0	1.614

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Lightridge	0-1		Meridian	1-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
5/9/22	Lightridge	Tuscarora	(L) 5-1		3/14/22	Tuscarora	Meridian	(W) 3-2

Record Breakdown

Lightridge (21-22)		Meridian (21-22)
1-12	Overall	19-2-1
0-5	League	9-1
1-7	Non-League	2-0-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-1	Common Opponent	1-0
1-3	Home	13-0-1
0-9	Away	4-2
0-0	Neutral	2-0
0-0	Playoff	6-1
1-12	In-State	17-2-1
0-0	Out-of-State	2-0