The Eastern Mennonite Flames will play host again on Tuesday to welcome the Grace Christian Warriors, where kickoff is scheduled at 4:30 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Eastern Mennonite is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Virginia's top teams: Trinity Christian, who was ranked tenth in their home state at the time (Eastern Mennonite was ranked 18th). Eastern Mennonite took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Trinity Christian on Saturday. The Flames haven't had much luck with the Gryphons recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 1-1 at halftime, Grace Christian was not quite Timberlake Christian's equal in the second half on Monday. They fell just short of the Tornadoes by a score of 3-2.
Eastern Mennonite's loss dropped their record down to 5-4. As for Grace Christian, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-5-1 record this season.
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