Soccer Preview: Millbrook vs. Charlottesville
The Millbrook Pioneers will head out on the road to face off against the Charlottesville Black Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Millbrook 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 91st, while Charlottesville is ranked 27th).
Millbrook is likely headed into the game with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Meridian on Thursday. Millbrook fell just short of Meridian by a score of 1-0. Having soared to a lofty six goals in the game before, Millbrook's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Charlottesville gave their fans yet another huge victory on Thursday. Everything went their way against Orange County as Charlottesville made off with a 7-3 win. The high-scoring effort was just what Charlottesville needed considering they were shutout in their previous contest.
They hit Orange County with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Thimson Duolo (5),
Abas Noor, and
Elias Zell.
Millbrook's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-5-2. As for Charlottesville, they pushed their record up to 11-3-2 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps