Soccer Preview: Spartanburg Day vs. Gaffney
The Spartanburg Day Griffins will head out on the road to challenge the Gaffney Indians at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many goals in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Spartanburg Day is likely headed into the game with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Landrum on Wednesday. Spartanburg Day wound up with the same score they had in their last game (2-0), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time. Grace Becker was hit with a yellow card, which may have had some impact on her (and the team's) ability to make aggressive plays.
Meanwhile, Gaffney was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 8-1 walloping at the hands of Dorman. While losing is never fun, Gaffney can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 132nd, while Dorman is ranked 23rd).
Spartanburg Day's loss dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Gaffney, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-8.
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