The Harrisonburg Blue Streaks will head out on the road to square off against the William Monroe Dragons at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Harrisonburg will bounce into Tuesday's match after beating Spotswood, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Harrisonburg won by a goal and slipped past Spotswood 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Harrisonburg.
Meanwhile, William Monroe had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.4 goals), and they went ahead and made it nine on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Eagles an 8-0 shutout. Give William Monroe's defense some credit: that's the team's eighth straight shutout.
Their offense was hitting East Rockingham from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Emma Prachar led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
The win got Harrisonburg back to even at 5-5. As for William Monroe, they pushed their record up to 11-1 with that victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Harrisonburg suffered a grim 5-0 defeat to William Monroe in their previous matchup back in April. Can Harrisonburg avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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