The Chatham Cavaliers will head out on the road to square off against the Nelson County Governors at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Chatham is coming into the game hot, having won their last eight games.
Chatham's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over Dan River. Given Chatham's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 104th, while Dan River is ranked 272nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Delaney Haymore was the driving force of Chatham's attack as she scored both of Chatham's goals, her season total up to 34 goals.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Nelson County gave their fans yet another huge win on Friday. Everything went their way against Altavista as Nelson County made off with a 6-0 victory. The win was nothing new for Nelson County as they're now sitting on three straight.
Chatham pushed their record up to 9-1 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Nelson County, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season.
Everything went Chatham's way against Nelson County in their previous matchup back in April as Chatham made off with a 6-3 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Chatham since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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