Soccer Preview: Hope Christian vs. Albuquerque Academy
Hope Christian and Albuquerque Academy are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2019, but likely not for long. The Hope Christian Huskies are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Albuquerque Academy Chargers at 4:45 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Albuquerque Academy better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Hope Christian really get things going. Hope Christian's defense stepped up to hand Bernalillo a 4-0 shutout on Friday. Even though the Huskies got in a bit of trouble with the refs ( Bailyn Gasper was handed a red card), the team managed to overcome the adversity.
Hope Christian hit Bernalillo with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Ethan Bigelow (2),
Cameron Albrecht, and
Justus Mason.
Meanwhile, Albuquerque Academy waltzed into their match on Thursday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They put the hurt on the Vikings with a sharp 10-0 win. Give the Chargers' defense some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.
Hope Christian has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-2-1 record this season. As for Albuquerque Academy, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-3-1.
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