The Gate City Blue Devils are taking a road trip to square off against the Tazewell Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Gate City is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.8 goals per game this season.
Gate City's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Lee 8-0. Ellie Gilly was a massive factor in the win as she booted in three goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Tazewell was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their eighth straight defeat. They came up short against Graham, falling 9-0. While losing is never fun, Tazewell can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 287th, while Graham are ranked 114th).
Gate City has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-1-2 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up four goals over those nine matchups. As for Tazewell, their loss dropped their record down to 2-8.
Everything went Gate City's way against Tazewell in their previous matchup on April 9th, as Gate City made off with a 9-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Blue Devils 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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