Soccer Preview: Albuquerque Academy vs. St. Pius X
Albuquerque Academy has enjoyed the comforts of home their last six games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will head out to square off against the St. Pius X Sartans at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Albuquerque Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.4 goals per game this season.
Albuquerque Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Piedra Vista, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (Albuquerque Academy was ranked tenth). Everything went Albuquerque Academy's way against Piedra Vista on Saturday as Albuquerque Academy made off with a 4-1 victory. Even though the Chargers got in a bit of trouble with the refs ( Grady Gilchrist was handed a red card), the team managed to overcome the adversity.
Albuquerque Academy hit Piedra Vista with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Ben Morgan (2),
Townes Richardson, and Gilchrist.
Meanwhile, St. Pius X kept a clean sheet against St. Andrew's Episcopal on Saturday. They came out on top against the Lions by a score of 2-0. The win was a breath of fresh air for the Sartans as it put an end to their three-game losing streak.
Albuquerque Academy's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-2. As for St. Pius X, their win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 5-3.
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