The Thacher Toads will head out on the road to take on the Santa Clara Saints at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Thacher has four straight wins, Santa Clara has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
While Thacher's victory against Grace wasn't quite the blowout it was the last time the pair played, they still came out on top. The Toads' defense stepped up to hand the Lancers a 1-0 shutout on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Santa Clara's game on Tuesday was all tied up 0-0 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Villanova Prep. That's two games in a row now that Santa Clara have lost by exactly two goals.
Santa Clara's defeat dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Thacher, their win bumped their record up to 8-3-1.
Thacher came out on top in a nail-biter against Santa Clara when the teams last played two weeks ago, sneaking past 2-1. Do the Toads have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Saints turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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