Soccer Preview: Highland Springs vs. Matoaca
Highland Springs is 0-3 against Matoaca since March of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Highland Springs Springers will be playing at home against the Matoaca Warriors at 7:30 p.m. Highland Springs will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Virginia Rankings (they are ranked 219th, while Matoaca is ranked 92nd).
Highland Springs is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to eight goals last Thursday, they were much more limited against Hanover on Tuesday. They fell victim to a rough 4-0 loss at the hands of the Hawks.
Meanwhile, Matoaca kept a clean sheet against Colonial Heights on Thursday. They came out on top against the Colonials by a score of 2-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for Matoaca.
Highland Springs' defeat dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Matoaca, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-1.
Highland Springs might still be hurting after the 7-2 loss they got from Matoaca in their previous meeting back in March of 2019. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Highland Springs was down 4-1.
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