Soccer Preview: Blacksburg vs. Patrick Henry
The Blacksburg Bruins will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Patrick Henry Patriots at 7:30 p.m. Blacksburg is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 3.9 goals per game this season.
Blacksburg stacked a fourth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Christiansburg with a sharp 3-0 win. Given Blacksburg's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked fourth, while Christiansburg is ranked 36th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Blacksburg was led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Craig Huxtable and
Sean Delorenzo, who scored all three of Blacksburg's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 15 so far this season.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Patrick Henry was not quite Fleming's equal in the second half on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Colonels by a score of 1-0. It was the first time this season that Patrick Henry let down their fans at home.
Blacksburg's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-0. As for Patrick Henry, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-2-1.
Blacksburg beat Patrick Henry 4-2 when the teams last played back in March. The rematch might be a little tougher for Blacksburg 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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