Soccer Game Preview: Sidwell Friends vs. St. Andrew's Episcopal

By Team Reports Oct 18, 2024, 12:46am

Soccer Preview: Sidwell Friends vs. St. Andrew's Episcopal

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Sidwell Friends is 8-1-1 against St. Andrew's Episcopal since October of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Sidwell Friends Quakers will stay at home for another game and welcome the St. Andrew's Episcopal Lions at 4:15 p.m. Sidwell Friends' offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for four straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.

Last Wednesday, Sidwell Friends came up short against Flint Hill and fell 3-1. That's two games in a row now that the Quakers have lost by exactly two goals.

Their goal came courtesy of Cameron Linehan, who's now up to seven this season.

Meanwhile, St. Andrew's Episcopal is ranked highly in their home state and two weeks ago they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Potomac School. Neither St. Andrew's Episcopal nor Potomac School could gain the upper hand so the two teams had to settle for a 1-1 draw.

Sidwell Friends' defeat dropped their record down to 5-10. St. Andrew's Episcopal's draw makes their record 4-4-3 this season.

Sidwell Friends beat St. Andrew's Episcopal by a goal in their previous meeting back in September, winning 2-1. Will Sidwell Friends repeat their success, or does St. Andrew's Episcopal have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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