After soaring to ten goals the game before, Sumter was a bit more limited in their game on Friday. They fell just short of the Spring Valley Vikings by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, Sumter can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 118th, while Spring Valley are ranked 24th).
Sumter's goal came courtesy of Cole Denton, who's now up to five this season.
Gamecocks
| 04/04/25 vs Spring Valley | 1-2 |
| 04/02/25 vs Manning | 10-0 |
| 04/01/25 vs Westwood | 3-1 |
| 03/27/25 @ Ridge View | 2-1 |
| 03/25/25 vs Blythewood | 0-2 |
With the loss, Sumter broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 5-6. As for Spring Valley, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-2 record this season.
We've got plenty of inter-region action coming up soon. Sumter will square off against rival Lugoff-Elgin at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Spring Valley is set to challenge their familiar foe Blythewood at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Spring Valley are on a three-game streak of home wins, Blythewood a four-game streak of away wins, meaning someone's leaving a streak behind.
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