Salem stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Rockbridge County Wildcats a 5-0 shutout. Given Salem's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 20th, while Rockbridge County is ranked 226th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Salem hit Rockbridge County with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Elijah Clark (2),
Lucas Yerton,
Graham Fischer, and
Anthony Rugama.
The win made it two in a row for Salem and bumps their season record up to 12-2-2. As for Rockbridge County, they are on an eight-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-13.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Salem will face off against Blacksburg at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Rockbridge County, they will head out on the road to challenge Broadway at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Rockbridge County is facing Broadway at the right time seeing as Broadway is stuck on an eight-game losing streak.
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