The Mount Tabor Spartans will venture away from home to square off against the North Davidson Black Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mount Tabor has eight straight wins, North Davidson has ten straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Mount Tabor's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They blew past Atkins 3-0. Give Mount Tabor's defense some credit: that's the team's fifth straight shutout.
Meanwhile, North Davidson didn't have quite enough to beat North Forsyth on Wednesday and fell 3-2. While losing is never fun, North Davidson can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 418th, while North Forsyth are ranked 189th).
Mount Tabor's victory bumped their record up to 15-4-1. As for North Davidson, their loss dropped their record down to 3-15.
Everything went Mount Tabor's way against North Davidson in their previous meeting last Monday, as Mount Tabor made off with a 5-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Spartans since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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