After two games on the road, Eastern Mennonite is heading back home. They will take on the Fredericksburg Christian Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
If Eastern Mennonite beats Fredericksburg Christian with eight goals on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Eastern Mennonite's defense stepped up to hand Tandem Friends an 8-0 shutout on Tuesday. Given Eastern Mennonite's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 33rd, while Tandem Friends is ranked 229th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Eastern Mennonite's offense was hitting Tandem Friends from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Caroline Graves led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Fredericksburg Christian waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They put the hurt on Wolves with a sharp 6-2 victory.
Eastern Mennonite pushed their record up to 10-2 with that win, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Fredericksburg Christian, their victory bumped their record up to 9-2-2.
Eastern Mennonite came up short against Fredericksburg Christian in their previous meeting back in May of 2019, falling 2-0. Can Eastern Mennonite avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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