Soccer Preview: Seton vs. Trinity Christian
The Seton Conquistadors will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Trinity Christian Gryphons at 4:45 p.m. Seton is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.4 goals per game this season.
Seton is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Virginia's top teams: Blue Ridge, who was ranked 22nd in their home state at the time (Seton was ranked fifth). Seton fell just short of Blue Ridge by a score of 2-1 on Tuesday. Having soared to a lofty four goals in the game before, the Conquistadors couldn't push the score so high this time.
Their goal came courtesy of
Gabe Orellana, who's now up to nine this season.
Meanwhile, Trinity Christian entered their tilt with Eastern Mennonite on Saturday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They came out on top against the Flames by a score of 2-0. That's two games straight that the Gryphons have won by exactly two goals.
The defeat snapped Seton's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 6-2-1 record. As for Trinity Christian, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-1-1 record this season.
Seton beat Trinity Christian 2-0 when the teams last played on September 6th. The rematch might be a little tougher for Seton 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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