The Holy Cross Crusaders will venture away from home to face off against the Blue Ridge Raiders at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Holy Cross is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Dunmore on Wednesday. The Crusaders fell just short of the Bucks by a score of 1-0. Holy Cross haven't had much luck with Dunmore recently, as the team has come up short the last nine times they've met.
Meanwhile, Saturday just wasn't the day for Blue Ridge's offense. They lost 5-0 to Western Wayne on Saturday. While losing is never fun, Blue Ridge can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 418th, while Western Wayne are ranked 170th).
Blue Ridge's loss dropped their record down to 5-4-2. As for Holy Cross, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-5-2.
Everything went Holy Cross' way against Blue Ridge when the teams last played back in August, as Holy Cross made off with a 5-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Crusaders since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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