Soccer Preview: A Rolling St. Mark's Meets a Wounded Archmere Academy

St. Mark has been away from home for two games now, but on Friday they'll finally make their return. They will take on the Archmere Academy Auks at 3:45 p.m. St. Mark's will be strutting in after a victory, while Archmere Academy will be coming in after a defeat.

St. Mark's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They were the clear victors by a 3-0 margin over Caravel Academy. St. Mark's might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by three goals or more this season.

Meanwhile, Archmere Academy faced Wilmington Charter in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Monday. The Auks fell just short of the Force by a score of 2-1. Having soared to a lofty eight goals in the game before, Archmere Academy couldn't push the score so high this time.

St. Mark's has been on a roll lately: they've won 10 of their last 11 contests, dating back to last year. That gives them a 4-1 record this season. The wins came by way of their defensive effort, having only given up four goals over those 11 matchups. As for Archmere Academy, they now have a losing record at 3-4.