Soccer Preview: Voyager Academy vs. Hobbton
The Voyager Academy Vikings are taking a road trip to challenge the Hobbton Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Voyager Academy sitting on eight straight victories and Hobbton on 17.
Voyager Academy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They came out on top against Wake Prep Academy by a score of 3-1. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 66th, while the Guardians are ranked 265th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Aiden Jaeger and
Lucas Brogdon scored all three of Voyager Academy's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 36 goals.
Meanwhile, Hobbton's contest on Saturday was close up to the half, which is when they kicked things up a notch. Everything went their way against Pender as Hobbton made off with a 5-1 win. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 19 matchups by four goals or more this season.
Hobbton has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 20 of their last 21 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-5-1 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 142 goals over those 21 games. As for Voyager Academy, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-2-2.
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