The Mercersburg Academy Blue Storm will square off against the Saint James Saints at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Mercersburg Academy is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
Mercersburg Academy's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Hun on Saturday. They lost 4-0 to the Raiders. While losing is never fun, the Blue Storm can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' soccer rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 176th in Pennsylvania, while the Raiders are ranked 16th in New Jersey).
Meanwhile, Saint James hadn't done well against St. Andrew's Episcopal recently (they were 0-8 in their previous eight matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Saint James beat St. Andrew's Episcopal by a goal, winning 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Saints.
They hit St. Andrew's Episcopal with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Christian Gladchuk,
Daniel Alli, and
Kyle Kansiime.
Mercersburg Academy's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Saint James, their victory bumped their record up to 9-5-3.
Mercersburg Academy skirted past Saint James 2-1 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mercersburg 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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