The Leadership Academy Falcons will head out on the road to square off against the Cornerstone Charter Cardinals at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Leadership Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.5 goals per game this season.
Leadership Academy is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Oak Grove on Friday. Leadership Academy fell just short of Oak Grove by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, Leadership Academy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 279th, while Oak Grove is ranked 126th).
Leadership Academy's goal came courtesy of
Panagiota Mellonas, who's now up to 16 this season.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Cornerstone Charter gave their fans yet another huge win on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 5-0 margin over River Mill. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for Cornerstone Charter considering their one-goal performance the matchup before.
Leadership Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 7-4-1. As for Cornerstone Charter, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season.
Leadership Academy beat Cornerstone Charter by a goal in their previous meeting back in March, winning 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Leadership Academy since the squad 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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