Soccer Preview: Gatewood vs. Augusta Prep Day
Gatewood is 1-9 against Augusta Prep Day since March of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Gatewood Gators will be playing in front of their home fans against the Augusta Prep Day Cavaliers at 5:00 p.m. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
Gatewood's offense might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against Westminster Christian Academy on Friday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 4-0 walloping at the hands of the Lions. The shutout was out of character for Gatewood seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in March.
Meanwhile, Augusta Prep Day was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. Their tough 10-0 defeat to Westminster Christian Academy might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Augusta Prep Day can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 420th, while Westminster Christian Academy is ranked 146th).
Gatewood now has a losing record at 3-4-1. As for Augusta Prep Day, their loss dropped their record down to 1-8-1.
Gatewood skirted past Augusta Prep Day 1-0 in their previous matchup on April 2nd. Will Gatewood repeat their success, or does Augusta Prep Day have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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