Soccer Game Preview: Pine vs. Master's Academy

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Previous Games

12/01/22 - Home	4-0 W
01/05/21 - Away	4-0 W
02/05/20 - Neutral	8-0 W
12/06/19 - Home	5-1 W
12/04/18 - Home	6-0 W
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Pine is 10-0 against Master's Academy since November of 2016 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Pine Knights will square off against the Master's Academy Patriots at 3:30 p.m. Pine will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.

Pine is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Everything went their way against Berean Christian on Friday as Pine made off with an 8-1 win. Considering the Knights have won eight matches by more than two goals this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.

Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Master's Academy had no problem doing just that on Wednesday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Patriots a 1-0 shutout. Robert Almeida had the honor of scoring the game-winner for Master's Academy.

Pine's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-1. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 18 goals over those three games. As for Master's Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-10 record this season.

Everything went Pine's way against Master's Academy when the teams last played back in December of 2022, as Pine made off with a 4-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pine since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.