Soccer Preview: Beekmantown vs. Saranac
Beekmantown is 2-8 against Saranac since November of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Beekmantown Eagles will host the Saranac Spartans at 6:00 p.m. Beekmantown is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.6 goals per game this season.
Beekmantown's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Peru with a sharp 6-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Eagles, who have now won eight games by four goals or more so far this season.
They hit Peru with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Payton Parliament (2),
Grace McCasland (2),
Olivia Hagadorn, and
Carly Hagadorn.
Meanwhile, Saranac came up short against Schalmont on Sunday and fell 3-1. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York soccer rankings (they are ranked 55th, while the Sabres are ranked second).
Beekmantown's victory was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-1. As for Saranac, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-4-1.
Everything went Beekmantown's way against Saranac in their previous meeting back in September, as Beekmantown made off with a 5-0 win. Will Beekmantown repeat their success, or does Saranac have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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