Soccer Preview: The Pilgrim Academy vs. Cumberland Christian
The Pilgrim Academy is 10-0 against Cumberland Christian since October of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Pilgrim Academy Pioneers will welcome the Cumberland Christian Crusaders at 4:00 p.m. The Pilgrim Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.7 goals per game this season.
On Monday, The Pilgrim Academy narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Atlantic Christian 3-2.
Jared Mcgonagle and
Jake Menno scored all three of The Pilgrim Academy's goals, bringing their combined season tally to nine goals.
Meanwhile, Cumberland Christian was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They came up short against King's Christian, falling 8-1. While losing is never fun, the Crusaders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey soccer rankings (they are ranked 376th, while the Knights are ranked 172nd).
The Pilgrim Academy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2-1 record this season. As for Cumberland Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.
The Pilgrim Academy took their win against Cumberland Christian in their previous matchup back in September by a conclusive 11-0. Will The Pilgrim Academy repeat their success, or does Cumberland Christian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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