The O'Neill Raiders and the Valley Central Vikings are set to duel on Friday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
O'Neill's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against New Paltz on Friday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Huguenots. The Raiders have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Valley Central waltzed into their contest on Thursday with four straight wins... but they left with five. Their defense stepped up to hand the Wildcats a 1-0 shutout. The Vikings' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three matchups.
O'Neill now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Valley Central, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-2-1.
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