Salem is 10-0 against Pulaski County since May of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Salem Spartans will head out on the road to challenge the Pulaski County Cougars at 6:00 p.m. Salem is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.
On Tuesday, Salem needed a bit of extra time to put away Patrick Henry. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Patriots 4-3. Four seems to be a good number for Salem as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
They hit Patrick Henry with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Laikyn Funk (2),
Avery Mangus, and
Anna Haley.
Meanwhile, Pulaski County is still looking for their season's first win. They lost 7-1 to Christiansburg on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, Pulaski County can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 237th, while Christiansburg is ranked 78th).
Salem now has a winning record of 8-7. As for Pulaski County, their loss dropped their record down to 0-15.
Everything went Salem's way against Pulaski County in their previous matchup back in April as Salem made off with an 8-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Salem 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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