Western Albemarle is on a six-game streak of home wins, while Albemarle is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Western Albemarle Warriors will take on the Albemarle Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Western Albemarle is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Virginia's top teams: Charlottesville, who was ranked 23rd in their home state at the time (Western Albemarle was ranked seventh). Western Albemarle's defense stepped up to hand Charlottesville a 1-0 shutout on Monday. That's two games straight that Western Albemarle has won by just one goal.
Meanwhile, Albemarle stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Monday. They blew past Louisa County 5-0. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for Albemarle considering their one-goal performance the matchup before.
They hit Louisa County with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Gavin Appel (2),
Carson Buckwalter (2), and
Tahweed Adil.
Western Albemarle's victory bumped their record up to 15-0. As for Albemarle, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4-1 record this season.
Western Albemarle skirted past Albemarle 3-2 in their previous matchup back in April. Does Western Albemarle have another victory up their sleeve, or will Albemarle turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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