The Davidson Day Patriots and the Salem Baptist Christian Vikings are set to duel on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Davidson Day has ten straight victories, Salem Baptist Christian has 13 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
On Tuesday, it was close, but Davidson Day sidestepped Grace Christian for a 3-2 win.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Salem Baptist Christian's offense. They came up short against Statesville Christian on Tuesday, falling 8-0. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 525th, while the Lions are ranked 245th).
Davidson Day pushed their record up to 11-4 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Salem Baptist Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 0-13.
Davidson Day took their win against Salem Baptist Christian when the teams last played back in September by a conclusive 9-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Davidson Day 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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