It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but St. Mary had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They skirted past the St. Francis Red Raiders 4-3. Given the Lancers' advantage in MaxPreps' New York soccer rankings (they are ranked 244th, while the Red Raiders are ranked 504th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
St. Mary's hit St. Francis with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Danny Joseph,
Jack Lewandowski,
Matthew Tulshi, and
Taydan Williams.
St. Mary's has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-8 record this season. As for St. Francis, they dropped their record down to 1-15-1 with the defeat, which was their seventh straight on the road.
St. Mary's and Canisius are set to duel on Monday. St. Mary's is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.7 goals per game this season. St. Francis does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
