The Tallwood Lions will head out on the road to take on the Bruton Panthers at 6:15 p.m. on Monday. Tallwood will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Tallwood's offense might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against Kempsville on Friday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 7-0 walloping at the hands of the Chiefs. While losing is never fun, Tallwood can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 240th, while Kempsville is ranked 107th).
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Bruton, who bounced back after a tough loss on the road on Wednesday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over New Kent on Friday.
Bruton was led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Brody McHenry and
Aidyn Smith, who scored all three of Bruton's goals. The pair have combined for a total of six so far this season.
Tallwood's defeat dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Bruton, they now have a winning record of 4-3-1.
Tallwood suffered a grim 8-1 defeat to Bruton in their previous meeting back in March of 2023. Can Tallwood avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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