Soccer Game Preview: St. Thomas Aquinas vs. Bartram Trail

The St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders will challenge the Bartram Trail Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as St. Thomas Aquinas comes in on seven and Bartram Trail on eight.

St. Thomas Aquinas is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand Lakewood Ranch a 2-0 shutout. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Raiders were the better team in the second half.

Meanwhile, Bartram Trail narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Sunlake 1-0. Give the Bears' defense some credit: that's the team's seventh straight shutout.

Their one-goal win came courtesy of Ali Fletcher, who's now up to 21 this season.

St. Thomas Aquinas' victory was their tenth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those ten contests. As for Bartram Trail, their win bumped their record up to 17-1.