Soccer Preview: St. Joseph Academy vs. Mainland
The St. Joseph Academy Flashes will venture away from home to square off against the Mainland Buccaneers at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
St. Joseph Academy is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against University Christian on Tuesday. St. Joseph Academy fell just short of University Christian by a score of 2-1. The Flashes have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Their goal came courtesy of
Belle Alford, who's now up to five this season.
Meanwhile, Mainland kept a clean sheet against Atlantic on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Sharks , sneaking past 1-0.
Mainland's win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 2-5. As for St. Joseph Academy, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
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