If New Covenant was feeling good off their 6-0 takedown of Miller School of Albemarle last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The New Covenant Gryphons fell just short of the Eastern Mennonite Flames by a score of 2-1 on Tuesday. New Covenant has not had much luck with Eastern Mennonite recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
New Covenant's goal came courtesy of
Ellie Jacobs, who's now up to 27 this season.
New Covenant's loss dropped their record down to 7-3. As for Eastern Mennonite, the win was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 8-1.
New Covenant will head out on the road to challenge North Cross at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in North Cross' favor is that they have posted big goal totals in their last three matches. As for Eastern Mennonite, they will be playing in front of their home fans against The Covenant at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The Covenant is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 6.7 goals per game this season.
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