The St. Mary's Academy Bobcats will venture away from home to face off against the St. George's Athletes at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. St. Mary's Academy has given up an average of 5.2 goals per game this season, but Wednesday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
St. Mary's Academy came up short against Heritage last Tuesday, falling 7-2. While losing is never fun, St. Mary's Academy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 374th, while Heritage are ranked 90th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask St. George's). They blew past Atlanta Jewish Academy 6-0 on Tuesday. St. George's have beaten Atlanta Jewish Academy the last three times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest Atlanta Jewish Academy has come to flipping the script.
St. George's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-2-1. The home victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those five matchups. As for St. Mary's Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 1-4-1.
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