West Scranton has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will head out to challenge the Delaware Valley Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
West Scranton is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They blew past Hazleton Area 4-1. The score was close at the half, but the Invaders pulled away in the second half with four goals.
They hit Hazleton Area with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Bryan Barbosa (2),
Brandon Sanchez, and
Owen Santos.
Meanwhile, Delaware Valley and Scranton met for a duel on Wednesday where Delaware Valley prevailed. Delaware Valley's defense stepped up to hand Scranton a 3-0 shutout. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 133rd, while the Knights are ranked 388th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
West Scranton is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4-1 record this season. As for Delaware Valley, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 13-6.
West Scranton might still be hurting after the 8-0 loss they got from Delaware Valley in their previous matchup back in September of 2016. Can West Scranton avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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