The St. Joseph's Catholic Knights will venture away from home to take on the Powdersville Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. St. Joseph's Catholic's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for five straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
On Tuesday, St. Joseph's Catholic didn't have quite enough to beat Palmetto and fell 2-1. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as St. Joseph's Catholic came into the matchup with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 20th, while Palmetto are ranked 135th).
Meanwhile, Powdersville entered their tilt with Carolina Academy on Monday with three consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with four. They never let the Trojans get on the board and left with a 7-0 win. Powdersville's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last four contests.
Their offense was hitting Carolina Academy from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Jud Scrivner led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
St. Joseph's Catholic's defeat dropped their record down to 9-3. As for Powdersville, they pushed their record up to 18-1 with the victory, which was their tenth straight on the road.
St. Joseph's Catholic came up short against Powdersville when the teams last played last Monday, falling 2-0. Can the Knights avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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