Drew will head out on the road to challenge the Starr's Mill Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Drew has given up an average of 4.8 goals per game this season, but Wednesday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Drew is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to five goals back in March, they were much more limited against Pace Academy back in March. They lost 14-0 to the Knights. While losing is never fun, Drew can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 320th, while Pace Academy is ranked 72nd).
Drew was without their leading scorer, Stephany Gomez-Vargas, in Thursday's match. With Gomez-Vargas sidelined, Balderas Vanessa got her first action of the season.
Meanwhile, Starr's Mill hadn't done well against McIntosh recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. The Panthers came out on top against the Chiefs by a score of 3-1. Starr's Mill's winning goal came courtesy of Kendra Ivaska.
Starr's Mill has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 33 goals over those seven contests. As for Drew, they moved to 5-7 with that defeat, which also ended their four-game winning streak.
Drew suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Starr's Mill when the teams last played back in February of 2016. Can Drew avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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