The Ashland Arrows will head out to face off against the Lexington Minutemen at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Last Thursday, Ashland and Madison Comprehensive finished up on equal footing with a 0-0 draw. The outcome might've been different if Adi Helbert hadn't been hit with a yellow card, which no doubt limited her ability to make aggressive plays down the stretch.
Meanwhile, Lexington had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.7 goals), and they went ahead and made it four on Saturday. They never let the Falcons onto the board and left with a 2-0 win. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Minutemen were the better team in the second half.
Ashland's draw makes their record 2-2-2 this season. As for Lexington, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2-1 record this season.
Ashland suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Lexington when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Ashland avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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