The Northern Nash Knights will venture away from home to square off against the Rocky Mount Gryphons at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Northern Nash has three straight victories, Rocky Mount has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Northern Nash's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Southern Nash as they made off with a 4-0 win. Considering Northern Nash have won ten games by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, there was early excitement for Rocky Mount after they claimed the first goal on Tuesday, however, they wouldn't score again. They fell just short of Franklinton by a score of 2-1.
Rocky Mount's defeat dropped their record down to 6-10. As for Northern Nash, their victory bumped their record up to 11-6.
Everything went Northern Nash's way against Rocky Mount in their previous meeting on April 1st, as Northern Nash made off with a 7-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Knights 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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