Voyager is 9-0-1 against Vance Charter since February of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Voyager Vikings will venture away from home to square off against the Vance Charter Knights at 5:00 p.m. Voyager is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.1 goals per game this season.
If Vance Charter heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Voyager took over last week. Voyager never let Northern Durham onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory on Friday. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 129th, while the Knights are ranked 435th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Voyager's one-goal win came courtesy of
Lucas Brogdon, who's now up to nine this season.
Meanwhile, Vance Charter came tearing into Monday's matchup with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.8 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Firebirds , sneaking past 3-2. Ben Orr had to tread lightly for part of the match after he was hit with a yellow card, but that was the only trouble the Knights got from the refs.
Voyager's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-1-2. As for Vance Charter, their victory bumped their record up to 8-4.
Everything went Voyager's way against Vance Charter when the teams last played on September 3rd, as Voyager made off with an 8-1 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Voyager since the squad 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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