Soccer Preview: Xenia vs. Valley View
The Xenia Buccaneers's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Valley View Spartans at 11:45 a.m. on Saturday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Xenia is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to nine goals on Monday, they were much more limited against Troy on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Trojans by a score of 2-1. The loss continues a trend for the Buccaneers in their matchups with the Trojans: they've now lost seven in a row.
Xenia's goal came courtesy of
Makayli Marinelli, who's now up to four this season.
Meanwhile, Valley View was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell just short of Eaton by a score of 3-2. That's two games in a row now that the Spartans have lost by just one goal.
Xenia's loss dropped their record down to 3-3-1. As for Valley View, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-8-1.
Xenia was able to grind out a solid victory over Valley View when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Xenia 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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