Soccer Game Preview: St. Francis on Home-Turf

By Team Reports Apr 30, 2024, 5:41am

Soccer Preview: St. Francis vs. Loyola Academy

St. Francis is 0-3 against Loyola Academy since April of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The St. Francis Spartans will be playing at home against the Loyola Academy Ramblers at 5:30 p.m.

If St. Francis beats Loyola Academy with four goals on Wednesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Everything went St. Francis' way against Mother McAuley on Tuesday as St. Francis made off with a 4-1 win. The result was nothing new for St. Francis, who have now won three matches by three goals or more so far this season.

Meanwhile, Loyola Academy has not lost a match since April 13th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Friday. They and Fremd finished up their contest with a 0-0 draw.

The victory made it two in a row for St. Francis and bumps their season record up to 3-5-2. Loyola Academy's draw gives them a new season record of 8-6-4.

St. Francis came up short against Loyola Academy in their previous meeting back in May of 2018, falling 2-0. Can St. Francis avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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