The Nelson County Governors will head out on the road to square off against the Appomattox County Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Nelson County sitting on 12 straight wins and Appomattox County on three.
If Nelson County beats Appomattox County with eight goals on Monday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Nelson County's defense stepped up to hand Altavista an 8-0 shutout on Friday. Nathan Manthey was a massive factor in the win as he booted in three goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Appomattox County stacked a fourth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. They put the hurt on Galileo with a sharp 6-0 victory.
Nelson County pushed their record up to 12-0 with that win, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Appomattox County, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2-2 record this season.
Nelson County beat Appomattox County by a goal in their previous matchup two weeks ago, winning 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Nelson County 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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