The Fredericksburg Christian Eagles are on the road again on Thursday to play the Eastern Mennonite Flames at 4:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Tuesday, everything went Fredericksburg Christian's way against Saint John Paul the Great Catholic as Fredericksburg Christian made off with a 6-2 victory. Given Fredericksburg Christian's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 23rd, while Saint John Paul the Great Catholic is ranked 94th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Fredericksburg Christian's offense was hitting Saint John Paul the Great Catholic from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Ally Hopkins led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Eastern Mennonite won against Miller School of Albemarle on Monday with eight goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Tuesday. Eastern Mennonite never let Tandem Friends onto the board and left with an 8-0 win. That's two games straight that Eastern Mennonite has won by exactly eight goals.
Fredericksburg Christian pushed their record up to 9-2-2 with that victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Eastern Mennonite, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season.
Fredericksburg Christian beat Eastern Mennonite 2-0 in their previous meeting back in May of 2019. Does Fredericksburg Christian have another victory up their sleeve, or will Eastern Mennonite turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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