Soccer Preview: Excelsior Classical Academy vs. Vance Charter
The Excelsior Classical Academy Flying Lions will face off against the Vance Charter Knights at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
Vance Charter is hoping to do what Voyager couldn't on Monday: put an end to Excelsior Classical Academy's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Excelsior Classical Academy narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Voyager 2-1. The Flying Lions found success even though the refs didn't miss a thing: Anuar Contreras and Kader Contreras were both handed yellow cards.
Meanwhile, Vance Charter's game on Tuesday was all tied up 1-1 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They skirted past Oxford Prep 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Knights.
They hit Oxford Prep with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Tudor Tegean,
Jacob Lazar, and
Jake Wrenn.
Excelsior Classical Academy's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-0-1. As for Vance Charter, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season.
Everything went Excelsior Classical Academy's way against Vance Charter when the teams last played last Monday, as Excelsior Classical Academy made off with a 5-2 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Excelsior Classical 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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