Soccer Preview: South Anchorage vs. Bettye Davis East Anchorage
South Anchorage is 10-0 against Bettye Davis East Anchorage since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The South Anchorage Wolverines will look to defend their home pitch against the Bettye Davis East Anchorage Thunderbirds at 5:15 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (South Anchorage has ten straight wins, Bettye Davis East Anchorage has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
South Anchorage is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: Kenai Central, who was ranked sixth in their home state at the time (South Anchorage was ranked first). South Anchorage's defense stepped up to hand Kenai Central a 1-0 shutout on Thursday. South Anchorage's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last seven contests.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of
Madilyn Gifford, who's now up to four this season.
Meanwhile, Bettye Davis East Anchorage fell victim to Bartlett and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Golden Bears by a score of 1-0.
South Anchorage's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-0. As for Bettye Davis East Anchorage, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7.
Everything went South Anchorage's way against Bettye Davis East Anchorage when the teams last played back in April as South Anchorage made off with a 13-0 win. Will South Anchorage repeat their success, or does Bettye Davis East Anchorage have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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