The Tabb Tigers will head out on the road to take on the Smithfield Packers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
If Tabb beats Smithfield with three goals on Thursday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Tabb came out on top against Bruton by a score of 3-1 on Wednesday. Given Tabb's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 38th, while Bruton is ranked 212th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Smithfield put the finishing touches on their fourth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They never let Poquoson onto the board and left with a 3-0 win. Give Smithfield's defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Brianna Curro and
Lydia Jones, who scored all three of Smithfield's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 22 so far this season.
The victory was the third in a row for Tabb, bringing their record for this year to 8-2. As for Smithfield, they pushed their record up to 6-1-1 with that win, which was their third straight on the road.
Tabb suffered a grim 4-0 defeat to Smithfield when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Can Tabb avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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