Soccer Preview: Saint James vs. Mercersburg Academy
The Saint James Saints have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Mercersburg Academy Blue Storm at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Saint James is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.7 goals per game this season.
Saint James is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Maryland's top teams: St. Andrew's Episcopal, who was ranked sixth in their home state at the time (Saint James was ranked fifth). Saint James came out on top in a nail-biter against St. Andrew's Episcopal on Tuesday, sneaking past 3-2. Three seems to be a good number for the Saints as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
They hit St. Andrew's Episcopal with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Christian Gladchuk,
Daniel Alli, and
Kyle Kansiime.
Meanwhile, Mercersburg Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They lost 4-0 to Hun.
Saint James' victory bumped their record up to 9-5-3. As for Mercersburg Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-5.
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