The Orange County Fighting Hornets will head out on the road to take on the Charlottesville Black Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Orange County is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.2 goals per game this season.
Orange County stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Monday. They put the hurt on Monticello with a sharp 9-1 win. With Orange County ahead 6-1 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Their offense was hitting Monticello from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Kayla Ash led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Monday just wasn't the day for Charlottesville's offense. They lost 3-0 to Western Albemarle on Monday. While losing is never fun, Charlottesville can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 99th, while Western Albemarle is ranked 15th).
The victory made it two in a row for Orange County and bumps their season record up to 10-4. As for Charlottesville, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-6-2.
Everything went Orange County's way against Charlottesville when the teams last played back in April as Orange County made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Orange County since the team 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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