The Bishop England Battling Bishops are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Academic Magnet Raptors at 5:30 p.m. Bishop England is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 3.8 goals per game this season.
Last Tuesday, Bishop England kept a clean sheet against Timberland. They blew past Wolves 7-0. Given Bishop England's advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 19th, while Timberland is ranked 149th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Bishop England's offense was hitting Timberland from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Claire Murray led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, after soaring to six goals the game before, Academic Magnet was a bit more limited in their match on Friday. They fell just short of A.C. Reynolds by a score of 2-1.
Bishop England is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4-2 record this season. As for Academic Magnet, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-9-1.
Bishop England was able to grind out a solid win over Academic Magnet when the teams last played back in March, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Bishop England 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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