The Trinity Christian Gryphons will take on the St. Anne's-Belfield Saints at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams beat their previous opponents by a single goal, so this matchup might be just as contested.
Trinity Christian proved they can win big on Wednesday (they won by seven) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Fredericksburg Christian 3-2.
Meanwhile, St. Anne's-Belfield had already proven themselves in the regular season and they didn't miss a beat now that it's playoff time. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Cape Henry Collegiate 2-1. Given St. Anne's-Belfield's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 19th, while Cape Henry Collegiate are ranked 67th) , the result on Monday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Taylor Kamalsky and Reese Couling scored both of St. Anne's-Belfield's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 13 goals.
St. Anne's-Belfield pushed their record up to 12-5 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 41 goals over those nine matches. As for Trinity Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests. That lines up perfectly with their 11-1-2 record this season.
Everything went Trinity Christian's way against St. Anne's-Belfield in their previous meeting back in May of 2024, as Trinity Christian made off with a 4-0 victory. Do the Gryphons 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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