Soccer Preview: Franklin Academy vs. Raleigh Charter
Franklin Academy has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will head out to face off against the Raleigh Charter Phoenix at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Franklin Academy's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Wake Prep Academy as Franklin Academy made off with a 6-0 victory. Considering the Patriots have won ten games by more than two goals this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Wake Prep Academy from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Logan Hawley led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Raleigh Charter got the win against Falls Lake on Friday by a conclusive 3-0.
Franklin Academy pushed their record up to 17-1-3 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. As for Raleigh Charter, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-7 record this season.
Franklin Academy took their victory against Raleigh Charter when the teams last played on October 2nd by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Franklin Academy since the squad 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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