The Christiansburg Blue Demons will head out on the road to face off against the Fleming Colonels at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Christiansburg will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Friday, then bounced right back against Pulaski County on Tuesday. Christiansburg was the clear victor by a 7-1 margin over Pulaski County. Given Christiansburg's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 50th, while Pulaski County is ranked 241st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Christiansburg's offense was hitting Pulaski County from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Mason King led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Fleming kept a clean sheet against Lord Botetourt on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Cavaliers as they made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Fleming.
Christiansburg is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4-1 record this season. As for Fleming, their victory bumped their record up to 10-4.
Christiansburg beat Fleming 4-2 when the teams last played back in March. The rematch might be a little tougher for Christiansburg 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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