Episcopal School of Jacksonville and Yulee are an even 3-3-2 against one another since December of 2016, but likely not for long. The Episcopal School of Jacksonville Eagles will be playing in front of their home fans against the Yulee Hornets at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
Episcopal School of Jacksonville gave up the first goal last Friday, but they didn't let that get them down. They had just enough and edged University Christian out 2-1. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 144th, while the Christians are ranked 438th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Yulee had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They skirted past the Buccaneers 3-2. Three seems to be a good number for the Hornets as the team scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Yulee's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-4-1. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 20 goals over those six contests. As for Episcopal School of Jacksonville, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2-1 record this season.
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