Soccer Preview: Mt. Hope vs. St. Raphael Academy
The Mt. Hope Huskies will face off against the St. Raphael Academy Saints at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. Mt. Hope is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.1 goals per game this season.
Mt. Hope took a loss when they played away from home last Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand Middletown a 4-0 shutout. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Huskies considering their one-goal performance the game before.
They hit Middletown with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Maddox Canario (2),
Mohsin Khan, and
Thomas Levis.
Meanwhile, with a playoff game on the line, St. Raphael Academy rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Tigers 1-0.
Mt. Hope is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-2-3 record this season. As for St. Raphael Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 9-5-4.
Mt. Hope was able to grind out a solid win over St. Raphael Academy in their previous meeting on October 1st, winning 4-2. Does Mt. Hope have another victory up their sleeve, or will St. Raphael Academy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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