The St. Andrew's Episcopal Saints will challenge the St. Patrick Fighting Irish on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with St. Andrew's Episcopal sitting on seven straight victories and St. Patrick on four.
St. Andrew's Episcopal is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They never let Booneville get on the board and left with a 1-0 win. Give St. Andrew's Episcopal's defense some credit: that's the team's seventh straight shutout.
Meanwhile, it may have taken extra minutes to finish the job, but St. Patrick ultimately got the result they hoped for on Tuesday. They came out on top against Presbyterian Christian by a score of 3-1. The final result isn't all that surprising considering St. Patrick's considerable advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi soccer rankings (they are ranked third, while Presbyterian Christian are ranked 26th).
St. Patrick's victory bumped their record up to 22-3. As for St. Andrew's Episcopal, their win bumped their record up to 21-4.
St. Andrew's Episcopal couldn't quite get it done against St. Patrick in their previous matchup back in January of 2016 as they fell 4-2. Can the Saints avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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