Soccer Preview: George Stevens Academy vs. Sumner
George Stevens Academy has gone 6-0 against Sumner recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The George Stevens Academy Eagles' homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Sumner Tigers at 12:00 p.m.
George Stevens Academy is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Dexter just ended the team's seven-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 3-2. The loss continues a trend for the Eagles in their matchups with the Tigers: they've now lost seven in a row.
Meanwhile, Sumner had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.6 goals) and they went ahead and made it six on Saturday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Wolverines a 1-0 shutout. The Tigers' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last six games.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of
Bristol Parritt, who's now up to 20 this season.
George Stevens Academy's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-2. As for Sumner, they pushed their record up to 10-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
George Stevens Academy skirted past Sumner 1-0 in their previous meeting back in September. Will George Stevens Academy repeat their success, or does Sumner have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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