Soccer Recap: Friday's Defeat Ends Vandegrift's Winning Streak

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Vandegrift can now relate to. They fell just short of the Stratford Spartans by a score of 1-0 on Friday. While losing is never fun, Vandegrift can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 88th, while Stratford are ranked 32nd).

Vipers

Previous 5 Games

04/04/25 vs Stratford	0-1
03/31/25 vs Round Rock Westwood	2-1
03/28/25 vs Medina Valley	3-0
03/25/25 vs O'Connor	2-1
03/21/25 vs Westlake	0-0

The loss snapped Vandegrift's winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 16-8-3 record. As for Stratford, the win was the 19th in a row for them, bringing their record up to 22-2-3.

Vandegrift does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Stratford, they will face off against Marcus at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Marcus will roll in looking for their eighth straight victory, something Stratford surely won't give up without a fight.