The Union Academy Cardinals will head out on the road to face off against the Porter Ridge Pirates at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty goal totals in their previous games.
Union Academy barely beat Central Academy the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. Union Academy never let Central Academy get on the board and left with a 4-0 victory on Tuesday. Given the Cardinals' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 32nd, while the Cougars are ranked 90th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Union Academy hit Central Academy with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Hadassa Garcia, JaLynn Kendall, Isabelle Craig, and Caroline Souza.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Porter Ridge). They were the clear victor by a 6-0 margin over Charlotte Christian on Tuesday. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for the Pirates' offense, which had struggled in the games prior.
Porter Ridge's win bumped their record up to 4-2-2. As for Union Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 4-1-1.
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