Soccer Preview: St. Mary's vs. Nichols
St. Mary is 8-2 against Nichols since October of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The St. Mary's Lancers and the Nichols Vikings are set to duel. St. Mary's is coming into the game hot, having won their last five games.
St. Mary's is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. Everything went their way against Nardin Academy as St. Mary's made off with a 4-1 win. The Lancers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matches by three goals or more this season.
They hit Nardin Academy with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Ailis Osmond (2),
Brooke Staples, and
Reese Carter.
Meanwhile, Nichols kept a clean sheet against Sacred Heart Academy on Monday. They won by a goal and slipped past the Sharks 1-0. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' New York soccer rankings (they are ranked 90th, while the Sharks are ranked 201st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
St. Mary's victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-1-1. As for Nichols, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-6-1.
St. Mary's came out on top in a nail-biter against Nichols in their previous matchup on October 8th, sneaking past 1-0. Will St. Mary's repeat their success, or does Nichols have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
