The Oceanside Collegiate Academy Landsharks will head out on the road to challenge the St. James Sharks at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Oceanside Collegiate Academy sitting on five straight wins and St. James on 11.
Oceanside Collegiate Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: Bishop England, who was ranked 20th in their home state at the time (Oceanside Collegiate Academy was ranked third). While the 1-1 score might suggest a draw, it was Oceanside Collegiate Academy who was credited with the victory. Oceanside Collegiate Academy got it done in the shootout by posting three goals to Bishop England's zero. One seems to be a good number for Oceanside Collegiate Academy as the team scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
St. James can now show off 11 landslide victories after their most recent contest on Monday. They put the hurt on Myrtle Beach with a sharp 5-0 victory. It was an even better day for Grayson Williams as she scored three goals for her team.
Oceanside Collegiate Academy is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-1-2 record this season. As for St. James, they pushed their record up to 16-3 with that win, which was their ninth straight at home.
Oceanside Collegiate Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against St. James when the teams last played back in March of 2023, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Oceanside Collegiate 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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