Soccer Preview: Seton vs. Trinity Christian
The Seton Conquistadors are on the road again on Friday to play 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 14th in their home state at the time (Seton was ranked tenth). 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 came tearing into Saturday's matchup with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.3 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 2-0 win over the Flames. That's two games straight that the Gryphons have won by exactly two goals.
The loss snapped Seton's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 6-2-1 record. As for Trinity Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-1-1 record this season.
Seton was able to grind out a solid victory over Trinity Christian in their previous meeting on September 6th, winning 2-0. 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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