Santa Fe Prep is 9-0-1 against St. Michael since March of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Santa Fe Prep Blue Griffins will take on the St. Michael's Horsemen at 4:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Santa Fe Prep comes in on eight and St. Michael's on four.
Santa Fe Prep's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against West Las Vegas as Santa Fe Prep made off with an 8-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Blue Griffins, who have now won seven games by three goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting West Las Vegas from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
William Babcock led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, St. Michael's was not the first on the board on Tuesday, but they got there more often. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Robertson 2-1. That's two games straight that the Horsemen have won by just one goal.
Something new happened on Tuesday as Ezra Shaffer saw his first action of the season, playing 60 minutes against Robertson. Shaffer made the most of the opportunity, scoring two goals. A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
Santa Fe Prep has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-1-1 record this season. As for St. Michael's, their victory bumped their record up to 7-8.
Santa Fe Prep beat St. Michael's 2-0 when the teams last played two weeks ago. The rematch might be a little tougher for Santa Fe Prep 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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