Soccer Preview: Christ Church Episcopal vs. Ninety Six
Christ Church Episcopal is 6-0 against Ninety Six since May of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Christ Church Episcopal Cavaliers will look to defend their home pitch against the Ninety Six Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. Christ Church Episcopal will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more goals each matchup than the last.
Christ Church Episcopal is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Thursday, just like they did against Fairfield Central (and have done all season long). Christ Church Episcopal's defense stepped up to hand Fairfield Central an 11-0 shutout on Monday. While fans of Christ Church Episcopal might be used to big wins, the 11-goal margin marked the team's biggest one yet.
Their offense was hitting Fairfield Central from everywhere, as nine different players booted in a goal.
Mariana Gonzalez-Arizti led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Ninety Six had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.3 goals), and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over the Hornets. Three seems to be a good number for Ninety Six as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Christ Church Episcopal's win bumped their record up to 15-3-2. As for Ninety Six, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season.
Everything went Christ Church Episcopal's way against Ninety Six when the teams last played back in May of 2022 as Christ Church Episcopal made off with a 10-0 victory. Does Christ Church Episcopal have another victory up their sleeve, or will Ninety Six turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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