Soccer Preview: Voyager Academy vs. Excelsior Classical Academy
The Voyager Academy Vikings will challenge the Excelsior Classical Academy Flying Lions on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Voyager Academy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They never let Cape Hatteras onto the board and left with a 6-0 victory. The Vikings' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last five contests.
Their offense was hitting Cape Hatteras from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Carlos Green led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Excelsior Classical Academy entered their tilt with Falls Lake on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Everything went their way against the Firebirds as they made off with a 4-1 win. The high-scoring effort was just what the Flying Lions needed considering they were shutout in their previous match.
Excelsior Classical Academy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which somehow still isn't as good as their 15-1-1 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 41 goals over those 11 matchups. As for Voyager Academy, their victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-2-2.
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