Soccer Preview: Cape Fear Academy vs. Epiphany
The Cape Fear Academy Hurricanes are taking a road trip to square off against the Epiphany Falcons at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Epiphany took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Cape Fear Academy, who comes in off a win.
Cape Fear Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Everything went their way against Wilmington Christian Academy on Tuesday as Cape Fear Academy made off with a 10-1 win. Given the Hurricanes' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 71st, while the Patriots are ranked 253rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cape Fear Academy's offense was hitting Wilmington Christian Academy from everywhere, as eight different players booted in a goal.
Harry Osborne led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Epiphany was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They lost 9-0 to Greenfield.
The victory made it two in a row for Cape Fear Academy and bumps their season record up to 4-1-1. As for Epiphany, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.
Everything went Cape Fear Academy's way against Epiphany when the teams last played two weeks ago as Cape Fear Academy made off with a 9-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Cape Fear 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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