The Airport Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the South Aiken Thoroughbreds at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Airport knows how to get goals on the board -- the team has finished with flashy goal totals in its past six games -- so hopefully South Aiken likes a good challenge.
In what's become a running theme this season, Airport gave their fans yet another huge win on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Midland Valley with a sharp 6-1 victory. Given Airport's advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 37th, while Midland Valley is ranked 152nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, South Aiken didn't have quite enough to beat North Augusta on Friday and fell 2-1.
South Aiken's goal came courtesy of
Mikayla Pollina, who's now up to four this season.
Airport has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-1-1 record this season. As for South Aiken, their loss dropped their record down to 5-5-2.
Airport took their win against South Aiken in their previous meeting on March 12th by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Airport since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
