Soccer Preview: Albuquerque Academy vs. Hope Christian
Albuquerque Academy is 1-9 against Hope Christian since September of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Albuquerque Academy Chargers are taking a road trip to challenge the Hope Christian Huskies at 4:00 p.m. Albuquerque Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 6.2 goals per game this season.
Albuquerque Academy's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Bernalillo 10-0. The Chargers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 13 matches by three goals or more this season.
Meanwhile, Hope Christian put another one in the bag on Monday to keep their perfect season alive. They skirted past St. Pius X 3-2. Given the Huskies' advantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico soccer rankings (they are ranked first, while the Sartans are ranked 26th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Hope Christian hit St. Pius X with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Louisa Landavazo,
Mechi Garbarino, and
Hailey Sanchez.
The win made it two in a row for Albuquerque Academy and bumps their season record up to 15-3-1. As for Hope Christian, they pushed their record up to 18-0 with the victory, which was their ninth straight on the road.
Albuquerque Academy suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Hope Christian in their previous meeting last Tuesday. Can Albuquerque Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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