The Hidden Valley Titans will head out on the road to face off against the Cave Spring Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hidden Valley's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Friday just wasn't the day for Hidden Valley's offense. They fell 2-0 to Blacksburg on Friday. While losing is never fun, Hidden Valley can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 63rd, while Blacksburg are ranked 11th).
Meanwhile, Cave Spring strolled into their game on Wednesday with a perfect record and they left with the same. They came within a single goal of losing the streak, but they secured a 1-0 W against Blacksburg. Cave Spring's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three games.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of Addison Libassi, who's now up to five this season.
Cave Spring pushed their record up to 15-0 with the win, which was their eighth straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those eight contests. As for Hidden Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 9-5-1.
Hidden Valley might still be hurting after the 4-1 defeat they got from Cave Spring in their previous meeting back in April. Can the Titans avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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