Soccer Preview: Bishop England vs. Pinewood Prep
The Bishop England Battling Bishops will be playing in front of their home fans against the Pinewood Prep Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Bishop England is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 3.6 goals per game this season.
Bishop England is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: Porter-Gaud, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (Bishop England was ranked 18th). Bishop England fell just short of Porter-Gaud by a score of 2-1 on Wednesday. Bishop England's loss signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Their goal came courtesy of
Sophia Demarco, who's now up to ten this season.
Meanwhile, Pinewood Prep stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They never let Ashley Hall onto the board and left with a 10-0 victory. Pinewood Prep's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last four matchups.
Bishop England's defeat dropped their record down to 10-5-2. As for Pinewood Prep, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-1-2 record this season.
Bishop England suffered a grim 5-0 defeat to Pinewood Prep in their previous meeting back in March. Can Bishop England avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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