Liberty and Amherst County are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2017, but likely not for long. The Liberty Minutemen will head out on the road to take on the Amherst County Lancers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Liberty will be strutting in after a victory while Amherst County will be coming in after a defeat.
Liberty is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They blew past Rustburg 4-1. The high-scoring effort was just what Liberty needed considering they were shutout in their previous contest.
They hit Rustburg with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Noah Warner (2),
Caleb Williamson, and
Timmy Arthur.
Meanwhile, Amherst County fell victim to Jefferson Forest and their airtight defense on Friday. Their rough 4-0 loss to the Cavaliers might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Amherst County can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 168th, while Jefferson Forest is ranked 15th).
Liberty's win bumped their record up to 2-3-3. As for Amherst County, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-5-1.
Liberty came up short against Amherst County in their previous meeting back in April of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Liberty avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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