Preview: South Aiken vs. North Augusta
South Aiken is 9-1 against North Augusta since March of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The South Aiken Thoroughbreds will head out on the road to square off against the North Augusta Yellow Jackets at 7:00 p.m. South Aiken is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 3.2 goals per game this season.
On Tuesday, South Aiken kept a clean sheet against Aiken. They won by a goal and slipped past the Fighting Green Hornets 1-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for South Aiken.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of
Zoe Schifer, who's now up to six this season.
Meanwhile, after soaring to six goals the game before, North Augusta were a bit more limited in their match on Friday. They suffered a rough 6-0 defeat at the hands of Airport. It was the first time this season that North Augusta let down their fans at home.
South Aiken is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. As for North Augusta, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 3-3.
Everything went South Aiken's way against North Augusta when the teams last played on March 5th as South Aiken made off with a 5-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for South Aiken since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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