After three games on the road, Blacksburg is heading back home. They will take on the Salem Spartans at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
If Blacksburg beats Salem with three goals on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Blacksburg walked away with a 3-1 victory over Christiansburg on Tuesday. Given Blacksburg's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked sixth, while Christiansburg is ranked 79th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Erin Bishop and
Kallan Malabad scored all three of Blacksburg's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 24 goals.
Meanwhile, Salem waltzed into their matchup on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Their defense stepped up to hand the Cougars a 6-0 shutout.
Blacksburg pushed their record up to 14-0-2 with that win, which was their seventh straight on the road. As for Salem, their victory ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 9-7.
Everything went Blacksburg's way against Salem in their previous meeting back in April as Blacksburg made off with a 4-0 win. Will Blacksburg repeat their success, or does Salem have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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