Norfolk Academy has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will challenge the Steward Spartans at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Norfolk Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Virginia's top teams: Collegiate, who was ranked 18th in their home state at the time (Norfolk Academy was ranked 13th). Norfolk Academy lost 3-0 to Collegiate on Friday. The match was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but Norfolk Academy couldn't quite close it out.
Meanwhile, Steward has not lost a match since March 28th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Friday. Everything went their way against Peninsula Catholic as Steward made off with an 8-0 victory. Steward might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won five games by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Peninsula Catholic from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Hanna Qureshi led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by herself.
Norfolk Academy's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-2. As for Steward, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3-1 record this season.
Everything went Norfolk Academy's way against Steward in their previous matchup back in May of 2023 as Norfolk Academy made off with a 9-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Norfolk 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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