Soccer Preview: Riverdale vs. Anna
The Riverdale Falcons will square off against the Anna Rockets at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Anna is hoping to do what Van Buren couldn't on Wednesday: put an end to Riverdale's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Riverdale never let Van Buren onto the board and left with a 6-0 victory. The Falcons' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three matchups.
Their offense was hitting Van Buren from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Marissa Bonham led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, everything went Anna's way against West Liberty-Salem on Monday as Anna made off with a 3-0 win. Given the Rockets' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 162nd, while the Tigers are ranked 349th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Riverdale is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season. As for Anna, their victory bumped their record up to 7-2-1.
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