After two games on the road, Turner Ashby is heading back home. They will take on the Harrisonburg Blue Streaks at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
If Turner Ashby beats Harrisonburg with five goals on Wednesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Turner Ashby's defense stepped up to hand Rockbridge County a 5-0 shutout on Tuesday. Given Turner Ashby's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 26th, while Rockbridge County is ranked 225th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Turner Ashby hit Rockbridge County with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Freddy "Daniel" Montoya-Hernandez (2),
Solomon Kisembo,
Ben Sullivan, and
Hassan Sani.
Meanwhile, Harrisonburg came tearing into Tuesday's contest with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.2 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They were the clear victor by a 5-0 margin over the Dragons. Dani Romero had to tread lightly for part of the match after he was hit with a yellow card, but that was the only trouble Harrisonburg got from the refs.
Turner Ashby's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-1. As for Harrisonburg, their win bumped their record up to 9-2-1.
Turner Ashby skirted past Harrisonburg 1-0 when the teams last played back in April. Does Turner Ashby have another victory up their sleeve, or will Harrisonburg turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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