On Saturday Anna will have to hit the road after five straight games at home. They will venture away from home to challenge the Riverdale Falcons at 1:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Anna's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They blew past West Liberty-Salem 3-0. Given the Rockets' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 162nd, while the Tigers are ranked 349th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Riverdale entered their tilt with Van Buren on Wednesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Everything went their way against the Black Knights as they made off with a 6-0 win. Give the Falcons' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Their offense was hitting Van Buren from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Marissa Bonham led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Anna has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2-1 record this season. As for Riverdale, their victory bumped their record up to 8-2.
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