The Richland Raiders will square off against the Loretto Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Richland is coming into the match hot, having won their last eight games.
Richland's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They blew past Mt. Pleasant 6-0. The result was nothing new for Richland, who have now won nine matchups by three goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Mt. Pleasant from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Ryan Rose led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, after a string of six wins, Loretto's good fortune finally ran out two weeks ago. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Culleoka. Loretto were red-hot offensively heading into the match (they scored no less than four goals in the three contests prior), but Culleoka's defense proved too tough.
Loretto's defeat dropped their record down to 9-2-1. As for Richland, their victory bumped their record up to 14-1-1.
Richland suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Loretto in their previous matchup back in April. Can the Raiders avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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