Soccer Game Preview: South Aiken vs. Airport

Thoroughbreds

Goals

03/03/25 vs Brookland-Cayce	6
02/23/25 vs Waccamaw	3
02/22/25 vs Wade Hampton	1
02/21/25 @ Summerville	1

The South Aiken Thoroughbreds will head out to take on the Airport Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. South Aiken is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.8 goals per game this season.

South Aiken's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They put the hurt on Brookland-Cayce with a sharp 6-0 win. The Thoroughbreds haven't had any issues with the Bearcats recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive victory against them.

South Aiken hit Brookland-Cayce with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Zoe Schifer (3), Mikayla Pollina, Mary Davisson, and Kat Dalbec.

Meanwhile, Airport unfortunately couldn't capitalize on their home-pitch advantage in their season opener. They came up short against Aiken on Monday, falling 3-0. Surprisingly, this marked the sixth straight game that the away team has come away the victor.

South Aiken's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-1. As for Airport, their loss dropped their record down to 0-1.

South Aiken beat Airport 3-1 when the teams last played back in March of 2024. The rematch might be a little tougher for South Aiken since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.