The Steward Spartans will take on the Nansemond-Suffolk Academy Saints at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Nansemond-Suffolk Academy took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Steward, who comes in off a win.
Steward is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They blew past Norfolk Collegiate 6-1 on Friday. The score was close at halftime, but Steward pulled away in the second half with five goals.
Their offense was hitting Norfolk Collegiate from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Drew Swift led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Nansemond-Suffolk Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They lost 10-1 to Catholic. While losing is never fun, Nansemond-Suffolk Academy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 250th, while Catholic are ranked 58th).
Nansemond-Suffolk Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 1-10-1. As for Steward, their win bumped their record up to 3-9-2.
Everything went Steward's way against Nansemond-Suffolk Academy in their previous meeting back in May of 2024, as Steward made off with a 3-0 victory. Do the Spartans 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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