The Covenant Day Lions will stay at home for another game and welcome the Durham Academy Cavaliers at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
Covenant Day's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Charlotte Country Day School , sneaking past 1-0. The win was all the more spectacular given the Lions' disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 35th, while the Buccaneers are ranked fourth).
Covenant Day's one-goal win came courtesy of
Chayce Johnson, who's now up to four this season.
Meanwhile, with a playoff game on the line, Durham Academy rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged the Hawks out 2-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Cavaliers.
Covenant Day pushed their record up to 11-5 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Durham Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6-2 record this season.
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