The Cave Spring Knights will be playing in front of their home fans against the Salem Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Cave Spring is coming into the game on the come-up as their tough season has now been buoyed by two straight victories. They came out on top in a nail-biter against William Byrd on Monday and snuck past 2-1.
Meanwhile, Salem stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. They never let Lord Botetourt onto the board and left with a 6-0 win. Given Salem's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 16th, while Lord Botetourt is ranked 108th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Salem hit Lord Botetourt with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Logan Lavinder (2),
Graham Fischer (2),
Elijah Clark, and
Anthony Rugama.
Cave Spring's victory bumped their record up to 3-6-2. As for Salem, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-1-1 record this season.
Cave Spring might still be hurting after the 4-0 defeat they got from Salem in their previous matchup back in March. Will Cave Spring have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
