Soccer Game Preview: Stratford vs. Lucy Beckham

The Stratford Knights will challenge the Lucy Beckham Bengals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.

Stratford managed to keep up with Wando until halftime on Tuesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Stratford came up short against Wando, falling 3-0. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 68th, while the Warriors are ranked first).

Meanwhile, Lucy Beckham unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of Daniel by a score of 2-1.

Stratford's loss dropped their record down to 3-5. As for Lucy Beckham, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-3.