Jefferson Forest is on a ten-game streak of home wins, while Blacksburg is on a eight-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Jefferson Forest Cavaliers will take on the Blacksburg Bruins at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. The pair have allowed few goals on average, (Jefferson Forest: 0.1, Blacksburg: 0.5) so any goals scored will be well earned.
On Wednesday, Jefferson Forest needed a bit of extra time to put away Salem. Their defense stepped up to hand the Seminoles a 1-0 shutout. Jefferson Forest's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last five matchups.
Meanwhile, Blacksburg was able to grind out a solid victory over Glass on Wednesday, taking the game 3-1. Given Blacksburg's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked eighth, while Glass is ranked 58th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Blacksburg hit Glass with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Sean Delorenzo,
Charles Lattimer, and
Craig Huxtable.
Jefferson Forest's win bumped their record up to 18-0. As for Blacksburg, their victory bumped their record up to 16-1-1.
Jefferson Forest came out on top in a nail-biter against Blacksburg in their previous meeting back in June of 2023, sneaking past 1-0. Does Jefferson Forest have another victory up their sleeve, or will Blacksburg turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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