Soccer Game Preview: Academy of Notre Dame Hits the Road

The Academy of Notre Dame Lancers will hit the road for the first time this season to take on the Nashoba Valley Tech Vikings at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.

Last Thursday, Academy of Notre Dame got the win against Lynn Vo-Tech by a conclusive 7-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Lancers.

Meanwhile, Nashoba Valley Tech had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 goals), and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Panthers a 7-0 shutout. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts soccer rankings (they are ranked ninth, while the Panthers are ranked 68th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Nashoba Valley Tech's offense was hitting KIPP Academy Lynn Collegiate from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Sydney Rokita led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.

Academy of Notre Dame's win bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Nashoba Valley Tech, their victory bumped their record up to 3-0.

Academy of Notre Dame suffered a grim 5-2 defeat to Nashoba Valley Tech in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Academy of Notre Dame avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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