The Marion Scarlet Hurricanes are taking a road trip to face off against the Eastern Montgomery Mustangs at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Marion has struggled recently with five losses in a row, while Eastern Montgomery will arrive with nine straight victories.
Marion came up short against Graham on Thursday, falling 7-1. While losing is never fun, Marion can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 189th, while Graham are ranked 47th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Eastern Montgomery). They put the hurt on Craig County with a sharp 10-0 win on Tuesday. Give Eastern Montgomery's defense some credit: that's the team's seventh straight shutout.
Eastern Montgomery pushed their record up to 9-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 24 goals over those four matches. As for Marion, they now have a losing record of 4-5.
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