The Holy Cross Crusaders are taking a road trip to take on the Blue Ridge Raiders at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Holy Cross' offense might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Montrose on Thursday. They came up short against the Meteors, falling 3-0. The Crusaders have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 1-1 at halftime, Blue Ridge was not quite Riverside's equal in the second half on Thursday. They lost 5-1 to the Vikings. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 443rd, while the Vikings are ranked 159th).
Holy Cross now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Blue Ridge, their loss dropped their record down to 3-5.
Holy Cross took their victory against Blue Ridge when the teams last played back in October of 2019 by a conclusive 4-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Holy Cross 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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