Soccer Preview: Spring Valley vs. Providence
The Spring Valley Vikings will be playing in front of their home fans against the Providence Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Spring Valley took a loss when they played away from home on Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Monday. They never let Lugoff-Elgin onto the board and left with a 4-0 win. The high-scoring effort was just what Spring Valley needed considering they were shutout in their previous game.
They hit Lugoff-Elgin with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Josh Offutt,
Harol Betancourth,
JonaTan Espinoza, and
Garrick Eduoard.
Meanwhile, Providence had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.3 goals), and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They blew past the Patriots 6-0. Considering Providence has won four matchups by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Spring Valley's victory bumped their record up to 5-10-2. As for Providence, they pushed their record up to 8-5 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home.
Everything went Spring Valley's way against Providence when the teams last played back in April of 2023 as Spring Valley made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Spring Valley repeat their success, or does Providence have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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