St. James is 3-0 against West Florence since March of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The St. James Sharks will head out on the road to square off against the West Florence Knights at 7:30 p.m. St. James is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.
On Tuesday, St. James needed a bit of extra time to put away Conway. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Tigers. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but St. James was the better team in the second half.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
River Benjamin and
Jameson Crawford, who scored all three of St. James' goals. The pair have combined for a total of 16 so far this season.
Meanwhile, West Florence put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They put the hurt on South Florence with a sharp 7-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for West Florence.
St. James' victory bumped their record up to 4-11-1. As for West Florence, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season.
St. James came out on top in a nail-biter against West Florence in their previous meeting back in March of 2020, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. James since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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