On Wednesday Marvin Ridge will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will venture away from home to square off against the Providence Panthers at 7:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
Marvin Ridge will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any goals last Tuesday, then bounced right back against Providence Day on Thursday. Marvin Ridge had just enough and edged Providence Day out 4-3. Given the Mavericks' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 109th, while the Chargers are ranked 365th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Marvin Ridge hit Providence Day with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Vicente Zavala,
Brady Lloyd, and
Collin McKee.
Meanwhile, Providence had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2 goals), and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They skirted past the Bears 2-1. Two seems to be a good number for the Panthers as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Marvin Ridge now has a winning record of 3-2-2. As for Providence, their win bumped their record up to 5-3-1.
Marvin Ridge beat Providence 4-2 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Marvin Ridge since the squad 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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