The Sports Leadership & Management Spartans will be defending their home pitch for the first time this season when they go up against the Patel Trailblazers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Sports Leadership & Management has struggled recently with five losses in a row, while Patel will arrive with four straight victories.
Monday just wasn't the day for Sports Leadership & Management's offense. They lost 8-0 to Victory Christian Academy on Monday. That's two games in a row now that the Spartans have lost by exactly eight goals.
Meanwhile, Patel's and Brooks DeBartolo Collegiate's match on Wednesday was close at halftime, but Patel turned on the heat in the second half with four goals. Patel never let Brooks DeBartolo Collegiate onto the board and left with a 5-0 win. Considering the Trailblazers have won four games by more than two goals this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Brooks DeBartolo Collegiate with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Alisha Chacko (3), Rayana Wadia, and Madelyn Bulnes.
Patel pushed their record up to 5-3 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those three contests. As for Sports Leadership & Management, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-5.
Sports Leadership & Management suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to Patel in their previous matchup back in December of 2023. Can Sports Leadership & Management avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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