Soccer Preview: Mount St. Mary Academy vs. Little Rock Southwest
Mount St. Mary Academy is 5-0 against Little Rock Southwest since April of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Mount St. Mary Academy Belles will head out on the road to take on the Little Rock Southwest Gryphons at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mount St. Mary Academy has four straight wins, Little Rock Southwest has 16 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Mount St. Mary Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arkansas' top teams: North Little Rock, who was ranked 25th in their home state at the time (Mount St. Mary Academy was ranked tenth). Mount St. Mary Academy blew past North Little Rock 5-0. Mount St. Mary Academy might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won eight games by three goals or more this season.
Meanwhile, Little Rock Southwest fell victim to Bryant and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 12-0 walloping at the hands of the Hornets. While losing is never fun, Little Rock Southwest can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas soccer rankings (they are ranked 78th, while Bryant is ranked second).
Mount St. Mary Academy's victory bumped their record up to 11-5-1. As for Little Rock Southwest, their loss dropped their record down to 0-16.
Mount St. Mary Academy took their win against Little Rock Southwest in their previous meeting on April 2nd by a conclusive 8-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mount St. Mary Academy since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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