Soccer Preview: Summit Academy vs. South Summit
Summit Academy is 10-0 against South Summit since August of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Summit Academy Bears will be staying on the road to face off against the South Summit Wildcats at 1:00 p.m. Summit Academy's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for 15 straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Summit Academy's offense might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against Judge Memorial Catholic two weeks ago. They came up short against the Bulldogs, falling 11-0. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah soccer rankings (they are ranked 106th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 22nd).
Meanwhile, South Summit was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their 11th straight loss. They fell just short of Union by a score of 3-2. That's two games in a row now that the Wildcats have lost by just one goal.
Summit Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 1-14. As for South Summit, their loss dropped their record down to 4-14.
Summit Academy took their win against South Summit in their previous matchup back in September of 2020 by a conclusive 4-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Summit 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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