The Eastern Mennonite Flames will head out on the road to face off against The Covenant Eagles at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Wednesday, everything went Eastern Mennonite's way against Virginia Episcopal School as Eastern Mennonite made off with a 7-2 win. Sarah Drooger was a massive factor in the win as she booted in five goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but The Covenant had no problem doing just that on Wednesday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Raiders an 8-0 shutout. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for The Covenant considering their one-goal performance the contest before.
Eastern Mennonite is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season. As for The Covenant, their victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-2.
Eastern Mennonite suffered a grim 7-2 defeat to The Covenant in their previous meeting back in April. Can Eastern Mennonite avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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