Cedar Ridge is 1-9 against Vandegrift since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Cedar Ridge Raiders will be playing in front of their home fans against the Vandegrift Vipers at 7:15 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Cedar Ridge's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Stony Point, sneaking past 1-0. The Raiders' winning goal came courtesy of Gaby Jaimes.
Something new happened on Friday as Jaimes saw her first action of the season, playing 80 minutes against Stony Point. Jaimes made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal A few more games like that and she might be seeing even more time going forward.
Meanwhile, Vandegrift had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. Everything went their way against the Mavericks as they made off with a 4-1 win. Considering the Vipers have won three games by more than two goals this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Vandegrift's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-2-3. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those three matches. As for Cedar Ridge, their win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 3-4.
Cedar Ridge came out on top in a nail-biter against Vandegrift when the teams last played back in March of 2024, sneaking past 1-0. Does Cedar Ridge have another victory up their sleeve, or will Vandegrift turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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