The Oceanside Collegiate Academy Landsharks will challenge the Orangeburg-Wilkinson Bruins at 7:45 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Oceanside Collegiate Academy has five straight victories, Orangeburg-Wilkinson has nine straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Oceanside Collegiate Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: May River, who was ranked 12th at the time (Oceanside Collegiate Academy was ranked sixth). The Landsharks never let the Sharks get on the board and left with a 2-0 win on Tuesday. Oceanside Collegiate Academy's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last four matches.
Meanwhile, Orangeburg-Wilkinson fell victim to Battery Creek and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They came up short against the Dolphins, falling 8-0.
Oceanside Collegiate Academy's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-1. The road wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 20 goals over those four contests. As for Orangeburg-Wilkinson, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-9.
Everything went Oceanside Collegiate Academy's way against Orangeburg-Wilkinson when the teams last played on April 1st, as Oceanside Collegiate Academy made off with an 8-1 victory. Do the Landsharks have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Bruins turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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