Soccer Game Preview: Abingdon on Home-Turf

By Team Reports May 1, 2024, 9:47am

Soccer Preview: Abingdon vs. Ridgeview

Abingdon is 10-0 against Ridgeview since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Abingdon Falcons will be playing in front of their home fans against the Ridgeview Wolfpack at 5:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Abingdon has nine straight victories, Ridgeview has 12 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Abingdon can now show off ten landslide victories after their most recent contest on Friday. They never let John Battle onto the board and left with a 6-0 win. Given Abingdon's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 50th, while John Battle is ranked 221st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Abingdon hit John Battle with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Elizabeth Nichols (2), Ella Seymore (2), Annsley Trivette, and Aleah Dorn.

Ridgeview lost 11-1 to Gate City on Tuesday.

Abingdon has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-1-1 record this season. As for Ridgeview, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-12.

Abingdon took their victory against Ridgeview in their previous matchup back in April by a conclusive 12-0. Will Abingdon repeat their success, or does Ridgeview have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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