The Blue Ridge Early College Bobcats will square off against the Murphy Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.
Blue Ridge Early College is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Swain County just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Maroon Devils by a score of 1-0. The shutout was out of character for the Bobcats seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in August.
Meanwhile, Murphy had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 goals) and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Jaguars a 6-0 shutout. Considering the Bulldogs have won five contests by more than three goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Blue Ridge Early College's loss dropped their record down to 5-5. As for Murphy, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-8 record this season.
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