Soccer Preview: Delaware Valley vs. West Scranton
The Delaware Valley Warriors have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the West Scranton Invaders at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Delaware Valley's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They blew past Scranton 3-0. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 133rd, while the Knights are ranked 388th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, West Scranton had already proven themselves in the regular season and they didn't miss a beat now that it's playoff time. They were the clear victor by a 4-1 margin over Hazleton Area on Wednesday. The Invaders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matchups by three goals or more this season.
They hit Hazleton Area with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Bryan Barbosa (2),
Brandon Sanchez, and
Owen Santos.
Delaware Valley is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season. As for West Scranton, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 13-4-1.
Delaware Valley took their victory against West Scranton in their previous matchup back in September of 2016 by a conclusive 8-0. Will Delaware Valley repeat their success, or does West Scranton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
