The Marlboro Central Dukes's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Rondout Valley Ganders at 4:30 p.m. 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.
Marlboro Central's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Wallkill on Wednesday. They came up short against the Panthers, falling 4-0. The Dukes have struggled against the Panthers recently, as their game on Wednesday was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, Rondout Valley was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their eighth straight defeat. They lost 9-0 to New Paltz. While losing is never fun, the Ganders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York soccer rankings (they are ranked 311th, while the Huguenots are ranked 56th).
Marlboro Central's loss dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Rondout Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.
Everything went Marlboro Central's way against Rondout Valley when the teams last played on September 6th, as Marlboro Central made off with a 6-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Marlboro Central 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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