Soccer Preview: St. Augustine vs. St. Joseph Academy
After starting their season with three straight games on the road, St. Augustine is finally coming home. They will look to take advantage of their home-pitch as they take on the St. Joseph Academy Flashes at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. St. Augustine will be strutting in after a victory while St. Joseph Academy will be coming in after a defeat.
St. Augustine will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any goals on Friday, then bounced right back against Ridgeview on Tuesday. St. Augustine put the hurt on Ridgeview with a sharp 5-1 win. It was an even better day for Layla Cummings as she scored three goals for her team.
Meanwhile, St. Joseph Academy and Matanzas combined for 20 shots on goal on Tuesday, which explains the impressive five total goals scored. St. Joseph Academy fell just short of Matanzas by a score of 3-2. The matchup was a 2-2 toss-up at halftime, but the Flashes couldn't quite close it out.
Having lost for the first time this season, St. Joseph Academy fell to 2-1. As for St. Augustine, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-2.
Everything went St. Augustine's way against St. Joseph Academy when the teams last played back in January, as St. Augustine made off with a 4-0 win. Does St. Augustine have another victory up their sleeve, or will St. Joseph Academy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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