Riverside has won three straight games at home, while Blue Ridge has won three straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Monday. The Riverside Vikings and the Blue Ridge Raiders are set to duel. Riverside is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.3 goals per game this season.
Riverside gave up the first goal last Thursday, but they didn't let that get them down. They had just enough and edged Holy Cross out 3-2. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 211th, while the Crusaders are ranked 441st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
John Chilleri and
Connor McNally scored all three of Riverside's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 47 goals.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Blue Ridge). Everything went their way against Forest City on Wednesday as Blue Ridge made off with an 8-2 victory. With the Raiders ahead 4-0 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Riverside's win bumped their record up to 13-1-1. As for Blue Ridge, they now have a winning record of 7-6-1.
Everything went Riverside's way against Blue Ridge in their previous meeting back in September, as Riverside made off with a 5-1 victory. Will Riverside repeat their success, or does Blue Ridge have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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