The Chatham Cavaliers will head out to take on the Radford Bobcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Chatham is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Nelson County just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell 2-0 to the Governors. While losing is never fun, Chatham can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 207th, while Nelson County are ranked 56th).
Meanwhile, Radford 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 Thursday. They never let the Knights get on the board and left with a 7-0 victory. The result was nothing new for Radford, who have now won seven contests by three goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting James River from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Tommaso Brianzi led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Radford pushed their record up to 12-3 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 23 goals over those four games. As for Chatham, their loss dropped their record down to 7-7-1.
Chatham suffered a grim 6-0 defeat to Radford in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Can the Cavaliers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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