The Martinsburg Bulldogs will square off against the Spring Mills Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Spring Mills took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Martinsburg, who comes in off a win.
Martinsburg is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: St. James, who was ranked sixth at the time (Martinsburg was ranked 20th). Martinsburg's defense stepped up to hand St. James a 3-0 shutout on Thursday.
Sam Collins and
Hansel Messner scored all three of Martinsburg's goals, bringing their combined season tally to nine goals.
Meanwhile, Spring Mills fell victim to Hurricane and their airtight defense on Saturday. They lost 4-0 to the Redskins. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 38th, while the Redskins are ranked first).
Martinsburg's win bumped their record up to 6-2. As for Spring Mills, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-6-2.
Martinsburg beat Spring Mills 2-0 when the teams last played back in August. Will Martinsburg repeat their success, or does Spring Mills have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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