Soccer Preview: Briarcrest Christian vs. St. Mary's Episcopal
Briarcrest Christian is 10-0 against St. Mary's Episcopal since August of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Briarcrest Christian Saints are on the road again to play the St. Mary's Episcopal Turkeys at 6:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
If St. Mary's Episcopal heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Briarcrest Christian took over last week. Briarcrest Christian's defense stepped up to hand St. Agnes Academy a 4-0 shutout on Tuesday. Given the Saints' advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee soccer rankings (they are ranked 33rd, while the Stars are ranked 128th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, everything went St. Mary's Episcopal's way against St. Benedict at Auburndale on Tuesday as St. Mary's Episcopal made off with a 6-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Turkeys.
Briarcrest Christian's victory bumped their record up to 3-1-1. As for St. Mary's Episcopal, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Briarcrest Christian beat St. Mary's Episcopal 2-0 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Briarcrest Christian since the team 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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