The Cave Spring Knights will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Patrick Henry Patriots at 6:00 p.m. The matchup should be an exciting one, as these teams are closely ranked in Virginia (Cave Spring is ranked 31st, while Patrick Henry is ranked 46th).
If Cave Spring beats Patrick Henry with two goals on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Cave Spring won by a goal and slipped past Salem 2-1. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Cave Spring was the better team in the second half.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Lucy Pietravalle and
Abby Tozier, who scored both of Cave Spring's goals. The pair have combined for a total of eight so far this season.
While Patrick Henry's fans didn't get a definitive result on Tuesday, they were treated to the team's highest-scoring tie of the season. Neither they nor Christiansburg could gain the upper hand so the two teams had to settle for a 2-2 draw.
Cave Spring has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-1-2 record this season. Patrick Henry's draw makes their record 5-2-4 this season.
Everything went Cave Spring's way against Patrick Henry in their previous meeting on April 2nd as Cave Spring made off with a 5-2 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Cave Spring 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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