Soccer Preview: DeMatha vs. Leonardtown
The DeMatha Stags will face off against the Leonardtown Raiders at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with DeMatha sitting on three straight wins and Leonardtown on nine.
If DeMatha beats Leonardtown with three goals on Wednesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. DeMatha walked away with a 3-1 victory over St. John's on Thursday. That's two games straight that the Stags have won by exactly two goals.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Leonardtown). Their defense stepped up to hand Westlake a 13-0 shutout on Tuesday. Give the Raiders' defense some credit: that's the team's ninth straight shutout.
Their offense was hitting Westlake from everywhere, as nine different players booted in a goal.
Caleb Phillips led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
The win got DeMatha back to even at 3-3-1. As for Leonardtown, they pushed their record up to 9-0 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
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