The Master's Academy Patriots will face off against the St. Edward's Pirates at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Master's Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.1 goals per game this season.
Master's Academy's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. Everything went their way against Westwood as Master's Academy made off with a 4-0 victory. Considering the Patriots have won ten matchups by more than two goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Westwood with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Kaylee Lane, Isabella Orjuela, Ellamae Crooks, and Keira Smylie.
Meanwhile, St. Edward's fell victim to Melbourne Central Catholic and their airtight defense on Monday. They fell just short of the Hustlers by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 343rd, while the Hustlers are ranked 171st).
St. Edward's was without their leading scorer, Lilly Jensen, in Monday's contest. With Jensen sitting this one out, Joselyn Martin got some extra time on the pitch (80 vs. her season average of 51.9).
Master's Academy pushed their record up to 10-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those five games. As for St. Edward's, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-4.
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