The Travelers Rest Devildogs will head out on the road to challenge the Emerald Vikings at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Travelers Rest comes in on three and Emerald on 11.
If Travelers Rest beats Emerald with one goal on Thursday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Travelers Rest's defense stepped up to hand West-Oak a 1-0 shutout on Tuesday. Rian Sharp had the honor of scoring the game-winner for Travelers Rest.
Meanwhile, with a playoff game on the line, Emerald rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Fury and snuck past 4-3.
Travelers Rest pushed their record up to 10-5-1 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Emerald, their victory bumped their record up to 13-3.
Travelers Rest was able to grind out a solid win over Emerald in their previous meeting back in March of 2016, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Travelers Rest since the team 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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